sliasaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• sliasad, sliasta

Etymology

From Old Irish slíasait, slíassait, slíasat, from Proto-Celtic *slēxsantī (“shank”).

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular sliasaide, nominative plural sliasta)

1. thigh, side
2. ledge, shelf

Declension

Declension of sliasaid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sliasaid sliasta Vocative a shliasaid a shliasta Genitive sliasaide sliasta Dative sliasaid sliasta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsliasaid na sliasta Genitive na sliasaide na sliasta Dative leis an tsliasaid don tsliasaid leis na sliasta

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliasaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíasait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular slèiste or sliasaide, plural slèistean or sliasaidean)

1. thigh
2. ham