sleamhainn
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sleamhainn (comparative sleamhna)
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sleamhainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN