shliawin

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish slemon, slemain (smooth), from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (smear). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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shliawin (plural shliawney)

  1. smooth, insidious, sleek, smooth-faced
  2. lubricated, slippery, soapy
  3. skiddy

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
shliawin liawin
after "yn", çhliawin
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.