sliabh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *slēbos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sliabh m (genitive singular sléibhe, nominative plural sléibhte)
- mountain
- (geography) moor
- Used in minced oaths.
- Dar sliabh! ― By Jove!
- M'anam don sliabh! ― I declare to goodness!
Declension edit
Declension of sliabh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- anua sléibhe m (“mountain anoa”)
- bongó sléibhe m (“mountain bongo”)
- easóg shléibhe f (“mountain weasel”)
- feadóg shléibhe f (“golden plover”)
- giolcach shléibhe f (“broom (Fabaceae shrub)”)
- gleoiseach sléibhe m (“mountain linnet”)
- iúr sléibhe (“wood-sage”)
- Lá an tSléibhe (“judgment day, doomsday”)
- Luan an tSléibhe (“judgment day, doomsday”)
- maidhm shléibhe f (“avalanche”)
- rothar sléibhe m (“mountain bike”)
- sléibhín m (“blackheaded gull”)
- Sléibhte Cugais m pl (“the Caucasus Mountains”)
- sléibhteánach m (“mountain dweller”)
- sléibhteoir m (“mountaineer”)
- sléibhtiúil (“mountainous; mountainy, hilly; moorish”, adjective)
- Sliabh Luachra m
- sliabhraon m (“mountain range”)
Related terms edit
- sléibhteoireacht f (“(act of) climbing mountains, mountaineering”)
- sléibhtiúlacht f (“hilliness”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sliabh | shliabh after an, tsliabh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sliaḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654
- Entries containing “sliabh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sliabh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *slēbos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sliabh m (genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
sliabh | shliabh after "an", t-sliabh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language