sleamhain
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish slemon,[1] from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsleamhain (genitive singular feminine sleamhaine, plural sleamhna, comparative sleamhaine)
Declension
editDeclension of sleamhain
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sleamhain | shleamhain | sleamhna; shleamhna² | |
| Vocative | shleamhain | sleamhna | ||
| Genitive | sleamhaine | sleamhna | sleamhain | |
| Dative | sleamhain; shleamhain¹ |
shleamhain | sleamhna; shleamhna² | |
| Comparative | níos sleamhaine | |||
| Superlative | is sleamhaine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sleamhain | shleamhain after an, tsleamhain |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slemon, slemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 19
Further reading
edit- “sleamhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sleaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 653
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sleamhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN