sleá

Irish

Alternative forms

• sleagh (obsolete, Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleagh and Manx shleiy.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃl̠ʲɨ̞ɡ/ (corresponding the form sleagh)

Noun

sleá f (genitive singular sleá, nominative plural sleánna)

1. spear, javelin, lance

   Synonyms: ga, lansa

2. splinter

   Synonym: scealpóg

Declension

Declension of sleá

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sleá sleánna Vocative a shleá a shleánna Genitive sleá sleánna Dative sleá sleánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsleá na sleánna Genitive na sleá na sleánna Dative leis an tsleá don tsleá leis na sleánna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “sleá”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sleg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sleaġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 653
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sleá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42