slànaighear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From slànaich +‎ -ear, or else from Old Irish slánaigtheóir (“saviour”), from slánaigidir (“makes whole, heals; saves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫ̪aːnɪjɛɾ]

Noun

slànaighear m (genitive singular slànaighir, plural slànaighearan)

1. healer, savior

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
slànaighear	shlànaighear after "an", t-slànaighear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slánaigtheóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language