slige

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Danish

Pronunciation

Adjective

slige

  1. inflection of slig:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, nominative plural sligí)

  1. shell
  2. shard
  3. cresset, melting pot

Declension

Declension of slige (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative slige sligí
vocative a shlige a shligí
genitive slige sligí
dative slige sligí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tslige na sligí
genitive na slige na sligí
dative leis an tslige
don tslige
leis na sligí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of slige
radical lenition eclipsis
slige shlige
after an, tslige
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slige, verbal noun of sligid (to strike down, fell), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- (to smear; to creep).

Pronunciation

Noun

slige f (genitive sliged or slige, nominative plural sligeda)

  1. road, way, passage
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, lines 11, 13:
      Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. [] In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.
      seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate.

Declension

As a d-stem

As an -stem

  • Genitive singular: slige
  • Accusative/dative singular: sligi

Descendants

  • Irish: slí
  • Scottish Gaelic: slighe

Mutation

Mutation of slige
radical lenition nasalization
slige ṡlige unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sligid (to hit, beat), a way being a stretch of land where the soil has been beaten down.[1]

Noun

slige f (genitive slige)

  1. verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
  2. way, path
Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sligeL sligiL sligi
Vocative sligeL sligiL sligi
Accusative sligiN sligiL sligi
Genitive slige sligeL sligeN
Dative sligiL sligib sligib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps related to adslig (to tempt, entreat), not related to slinn (shingle, flat weapenhead, weaver's reed).[2]

Noun

slige f

  1. reed of a loom

Mutation

Mutation of slige
radical lenition nasalization
slige ṡlige unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “1 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pages S-133-34
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “2 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-134

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, plural sligean or sligeachan)

  1. shell
  2. (nautical) hull (of a ship)
  3. bomb

Declension

Derived terms