shliawin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slemon, slemain (“smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃlʲɛuᵈnʲ]

Adjective

shliawin (plural shliawney)

1. smooth, insidious, sleek, smooth-faced
2. lubricated, slippery, soapy
3. skiddy

Synonyms

• (lubricated): smarrit

Derived terms

• jean shliawin

Mutation

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