slicht

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

slicht

  1. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
    The copemen here are selling sare slicht goods.

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (“track, section”).

Pronunciation

Noun

slicht m

  1. mark
    Synonyms: éccosc, not, séla
  2. trace, track
    Synonyms: éis, eng, lorg
  3. trail
  4. section
    Synonym: slecht
  5. offspring
    Synonyms: ciniud, clann, íartaige, maccrad, suth, trog

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative slicht slichtL slechtae
Vocative slicht slichtL slechtu
Accusative slichtN slichtL slechtu
Genitive slechtoH, slechtaH slechto, slechta slechtaeN
Dative slichtL slechtaib slechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: sliocht
  • Manx: sluight
  • Scottish Gaelic: sliochd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
slicht ṡlicht unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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