slat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
slat (plural slats)
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath) or metal.
- slats of a window blind
- 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 208:
- To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.
- (aeronautical) A movable control surface at the leading edge of a wing that when moved, changes the chord line of the airfoil, affecting the angle of attack. Employed in conjunction with flaps to allow for a lower stall speed in the landing attitude, facilitating slow flight.
- (skiing, slang) A ski.
- 2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine (page 31)
- I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.
- 2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine (page 31)
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
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Translations[edit]
thin, narrow strip
aeronautical: moveable control surface at the leading edge of a wing
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Verb[edit]
slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)
- To construct or provide with slats.
- To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
- c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, OCLC 1224733829, Act IV, scene iii:
- Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?
- (Britain, dialectal) To split; to crack.
- 1609, Philemon Holland, Roman Historie […]
- Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces.
- 1609, Philemon Holland, Roman Historie […]
- To set on; to incite.
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɑt̪ˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠlɑt̪ˠ/
- (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠlˠat̪ˠ/
Noun[edit]
slat f (genitive singular slaite, nominative plural slata or slatacha)
- rod, slender stick
- cane, switch
- Synonym: cána
- wand
- slender bar, rod
- rail
- sapling, slip, scion
- (anatomy) penis
- Synonym: bod
- (measurement) yard
- Synonym: cleith
- (in the plural) outskirts
Declension[edit]
Declension of slat
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative strong plural form: slatacha
Derived terms[edit]
- slata Napier
- slat bhrataí (“jack-staff”)
Mutation[edit]
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
slat | shlat after an, tslat |
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old English[edit]
Verb[edit]
slāt
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan)
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Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
slat | shlat after "an", t-slat |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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