slige

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsliːə], [ˈsliːi]

Adjective

slige

1. inflection of slig:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Irish

Alternative forms

• slioga

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟɪ/

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, nominative plural sligí)

1. shell
2. shard
3. cresset, melting pot

Declension

Declension of slige

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative slige sligí Vocative a shlige a shligí Genitive slige sligí Dative slige sligí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tslige na sligí Genitive na slige na sligí Dative leis an tslige don tslige leis na sligí

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
slige	shlige after an, tslige	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “slige” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “slige” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slige, verbal noun of sligid (“to strike down, fell”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- (“to smear; to creep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕl͈ʲiɣʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive sliged or slige, nominative plural sligeda)

1. road, way, passage
   • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 11, 13, page 1: “Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. […] In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed. [[There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. […] Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate.]”

Declension

As a d-stem

• Genitive singular/plural: sliged
• Accusative/dative singular: sligid
• Nominative/accusative plural: sligeda
• Dative plural: sligthib

As an iā-stem

• Genitive singular: slige
• Accusative/dative singular: sligi

Descendants

• Irish: slí
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
slige	ṡlige	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sligid (“to hit, beat”), a way being a stretch of land where the soil has been beaten down.

Noun

slige f (genitive slige)

1. verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
2. way, path

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
Vocative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
Accusative	sligiN	sligiL	sligi
Genitive	slige	sligeL	sligeN
Dative	sligiL	sligib	sligib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: slige
  • Irish: slí

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps related to adslig (“to tempt, entreat”), not related to slinn (“shingle, flat weapenhead, weaver's reed”).

Noun

slige f

1. reed of a loom

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
slige	ṡlige	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʲɪkʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, plural sligean or sligeachan)

1. shell
2. (nautical) hull (of a ship)
3. bomb

Declension

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	slige	sligean
Genitive	slige	sligean
Dative	slige	sligean
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) slige	(na) sligean
Genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligean
Dative	(an) slige	(na) sligean
Vocative	(a) slige	(a) sligean

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	slige	sligeachan
Genitive	slige	sligeachan
Dative	slige	sligeachan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) slige	(na) sligeachan
Genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligeachan
Dative	(an) slige	(na) sligeachan
Vocative	(a) slige	(a) sligeachan

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeanach