sladaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From slad (“plunder, pillage, loot; devastate, destroy”, verb) +‎ -aí (agent noun suffix).

Noun

sladaí m (genitive singular sladaí, nominative plural sladaithe)

1. plunderer, pillager, looter

   Synonym: sladaire

Declension

Declension of sladaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sladaí sladaithe Vocative a shladaí a shladaithe Genitive sladaí sladaithe Dative sladaí sladaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an sladaí na sladaithe Genitive an tsladaí na sladaithe Dative leis an sladaí don sladaí leis na sladaithe

Derived terms

• sladaí mara (“sea rover, pirate”)
• sladaíocht (“(act of) plundering, pillaging, looting”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sladaí

1. inflection of sladach (“plundering, pillaging, looting; devastating, destructive”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sladaí

1. present subjunctive of sladaigh (“plunder, pillage, loot; devastate, destroy”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sladaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sladaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sladaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.