sliocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trace, trail, section, offspring”).

Noun

sliocht m (genitive singular sleachta, nominative plural sleachta)

1. offspring, progeny
2. passage, tract, extract, reading, excerpt (of text, piece of music, etc.)
3. composition, piece (literary, musical)

Declension

Declension of sliocht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sliocht sleachta Vocative a shliocht a shleachta Genitive sleachta sliocht Dative sliocht sleachta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sliocht na sleachta Genitive an tsleachta na sliocht Dative leis an sliocht don sliocht leis na sleachta

Derived terms

• ríshliocht (“dynasty”)
• sliochtmhar (“prolific; reproductive”)

Mutation

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