slabhra

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish slabrad (“chain; fetter, shackle”).

Alternative forms

• slabhradh (Ulster, otherwise obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠauɾˠu/ (corresponding to the form slabhradh)

Noun

slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra, nominative plural slabhraí)

2. chain

Declension

Declension of slabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative slabhra slabhraí Vocative a shlabhra a shlabhraí Genitive slabhra slabhraí Dative slabhra slabhraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an slabhra na slabhraí Genitive an tslabhra na slabhraí Dative leis an slabhra don slabhra leis na slabhraí

Derived terms

• slabhra páipéir (“paper chain”)
• droichead slabhra (“chain bridge”)
• aistreoir slabhra (“derailleur”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”).

Noun

slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra)

2. slaver, slobber

Declension

Declension of slabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative slabhra Vocative a shlabhra Genitive slabhra Dative slabhra

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an slabhra Genitive an tslabhra Dative leis an slabhra don slabhra

Etymology 3

From Old Irish slabrae (“stock; marriage portion, dowry”).

Noun

slabhra f (genitive singular slabhra)

2. (literary) stock, cattle; portion, dowry

Declension

Declension of slabhra

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative slabhra Vocative a shlabhra Genitive slabhra Dative slabhra

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tslabhra Genitive na slabhra Dative leis an tslabhra don tslabhra

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “slaḃra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 649
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slabrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slabrae, slaibre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slabhra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “slabhra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024