sclábhaí
Irish
Alternative forms
- sclábh, sclábhuidhe (both obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclāvus (“slave”) (from Late Latin Sclāvus (“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos)) + -aí.
Noun
sclábhaí m (genitive singular sclábhaí, nominative plural sclábhaithe)
Declension
Declension of sclábhaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bansclábhaí (“handmaid”)
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scláb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sclábuide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sclábhaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sclábhaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sclábhaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024