sleán

See also: slean

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃlʲaːnˠ]

Noun

sleán m (genitive singular sleáin, nominative plural sleánta)

1. a spade for cutting turf; anglicised as slane or slean in Hiberno-English.

Declension

Declension of sleán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sleán sleánta Vocative a shleáin a shleánta Genitive sleáin sleánta Dative sleán sleánta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sleán na sleánta Genitive an tsleáin na sleánta Dative leis an sleán don sleán leis na sleánta

Related terms

• sleán uchta, the breast slane, a variant, different from the basic (or foot) slane
• sleánadóir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sleán	shleán after an, tsleán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.