slacht

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slacht, from Old Dutch slaht, from Proto-West Germanic *slahtu, from Proto-Germanic *slahtuz. Equivalent to slaan (“to hit, strike”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

slacht c (uncountable)

  1. slaughter

Verb

slacht

  1. inflection of slachten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tlacht, slacht (“covering, protection; ornament, finish, beauty”).

Noun

slacht m (genitive singular slachta)

  1. finish, polish; good appearance, neatness, tidiness

Declension

Declension of slacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative slacht
vocative a shlacht
genitive slachta
dative slacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an slacht
genitive an tslachta
dative leis an slacht
don slacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of slacht
radical lenition eclipsis
slacht shlacht
after an, tslacht 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

slacht c (no plural)

  1. slaughter (killing of animals for meat)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “slacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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