sleamhainn

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sleamhainn (comparative sleamhna)

  1. slippery

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sleamhainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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