slacht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slacht, from Old Dutch slaht, from Proto-West Germanic *slahtu, from Proto-Germanic *slahtuz. Equivalent to slaan (“to hit, strike”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

slacht c (uncountable)

1. slaughter

Related terms

• slachten

Verb

slacht

1. inflection of slachten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Irish

Alternative forms

• tlacht

Etymology

From Old Irish tlacht, slacht (“covering, protection; ornament, finish, beauty”).

Noun

slacht m (genitive singular slachta)

1. finish, polish; good appearance, neatness, tidiness

Declension

Declension of slacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative slacht Vocative a shlacht Genitive slachta Dative slacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an slacht Genitive an tslachta Dative leis an slacht don slacht

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

slacht c (no plural)

1. slaughter (killing of animals for meat)

Derived terms

• slachtmoanne

Further reading

• “slacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011