sluight

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht.

Noun

sluight m

1. lineage
   • T'eh voish sluight ooasle.

     He is of noble lineage.

2. family
   • Cha nel sluight echey.

     He has no family.

3. descent
   • T'eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin.

     He is descended from the kings of Mann.

4. line (ancestry)
   • Marrinee va'n sluight echey er dy rieau.

     He comes from a long line of seafaring men.

5. parentage
   • T'eh jeh sluight Sostynagh.

     He is of English parentage.

6. descendent
   • Ta mee jeh'n sluight jeeragh jeh'n dooinney shen.

     I am a direct descendant of that man.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sluight	luight after "yn", tluight	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.