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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.
Pronunciation
Noun
sliabh m (genitive singular sléibhe, nominative plural sléibhte)
- mountain
- (geography) moor
- Used in minced oaths.
- Dar sliabh! ― By Jove!
- M'anam don sliabh! ― I declare to goodness!
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| sliabh
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shliabh
after an, tsliabh
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sliaḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sliabh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sliabh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.
Pronunciation
Noun
sliabh m (genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)
- moor, moorland
- Synonyms: monadh, mòinteach
- hill, mountain
- Synonyms: beinn, cnoc
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| sliabh |
shliabh
after "an", t-sliabh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading