sleán

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See also: slean

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sleá +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

sleán m (genitive singular sleáin, nominative plural sleánta)

  1. slane (spade for cutting turf or peat)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: slane, slean (Hiberno-English)

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.

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