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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish slíasait, slíassait, slíasat, from Proto-Celtic *slēxsantī (“shank”).
Noun
sliasaid f (genitive singular sliasaide, nominative plural sliasta)
- thigh, side
- ledge, shelf
Declension
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliasaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slíasait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
sliasaid f (genitive singular slèiste or sliasaide, plural slèistean or sliasaidean)
- thigh
- ham