slàn

See also: slan, slán, slån, s.l.a.n., and Appendix:Variations of "slan"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“favorable”).

Adjective

slàn

1. healthy
2. whole, complete

Derived terms

• slàinte
• slàn leat, slàn leibh
• slànaich
• slànaighear

 

Further reading

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