sluagh

See also: slúagh

Irish

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, nominative plural sluaigh or sluaighte)

1. Obsolete form of slua.

Declension

Declension of sluagh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sluagh sluaigh Vocative a shluaigh a shluagha Genitive sluaigh sluagh Dative sluagh sluaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sluagh na sluaigh Genitive an tsluaigh na sluagh Dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaigh

Declension of sluagh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sluagh sluaighte Vocative a shluaigh a shluaighte Genitive sluaigh sluaighte Dative sluagh sluaighte

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sluagh na sluaighte Genitive an tsluaigh na sluaighte Dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaighte

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɫ̪uəɣ/

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, plural slòigh)

1. community, crowd, folk
2. people, populace, population, public
3. multitude

Usage notes

• The genitive plural form is slògh.

Derived terms

• mòr-sluagh
• sluagh-ghairm (the source of English slogan)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sluagh	shluagh after "an", t-sluagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.