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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Pronunciation
Homophone: slain
Noun
slane (plural slanes)
- (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.
Anagrams
- leans, Elans, enals, Elsan, L'Anse, Leans, nales, elans, Nales, Neals, neals, ELANs, élans, ANSEL, Ansel, lanes, slean
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
slane
- well, sane, unhurt
- whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
- intact, unbroken
- absolute (of ruler)
- perfect, complete
- unexpurgated (as edition)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Interjection
slane
- goodbye
- chin-chin, cheers
Mutation
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
slane
- inflection of slan:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Noun
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
- genitive singular of slana
Participle
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
- feminine plural passive past participle of slati