sleabhac

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English sloke.

Noun

sleabhac m (genitive singular sleabhaic)

  1. laver, Porphyra umbilicalis
    Synonym: glasarnacht

Declension

Declension of sleabhac (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative sleabhac
vocative a shleabhaic
genitive sleabhaic
dative sleabhac
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an sleabhac
genitive an tsleabhaic
dative leis an sleabhac
don sleabhac

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sleabhac
radical lenition eclipsis
sleabhac shleabhac
after an, tsleabhac
not applicable

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

Further reading

  • sleabhac”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy