slane

See also: Slane, slané, and słane

English

Alternative forms

• slean

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sleɪn/, /slɑ:n/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Homophone: slain

Noun

slane (plural slanes)

1. (Ireland) A spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

   • 1997: Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Anagrams

• ANSEL, Ansel, ELANs, Elsan, L'Anse, Nales, elans, enals, lanes, leans, neals, slean

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [slɛᵈn], [slɛːn]

Adjective

slane

1. well, sane, unhurt
2. whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
3. intact, unbroken
4. absolute (of ruler)
5. perfect, complete
6. unexpurgated (as edition)

Antonyms

• neuslane

Derived terms

• slanid

Interjection

slane

1. goodbye
2. chin-chin, cheers

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
slane	lane after "yn", tlane	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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