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Danish
Pronunciation
Adjective
slige
- inflection of slig:
- definite singular
- plural
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish slice.
Pronunciation
Noun
slige f (genitive singular slige, nominative plural sligí)
- shell
- shard
- cresset, melting pot
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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slige
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shlige after an, tslige
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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) “slige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slige”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “slige”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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)
- 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 iā-stem
- Genitive singular: slige
- Accusative/dative singular: sligi
Descendants
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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slige |
ṡlige |
unchanged
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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
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)
- verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
- way, path
Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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sligeL
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sligiL
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sligi
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Vocative
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sligeL
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sligiL
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sligi
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Accusative
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sligiN
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sligiL
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sligi
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Genitive
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slige
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sligeL
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sligeN
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Dative
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sligiL
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sligib
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sligib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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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
- reed of a loom
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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slige
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ṡlige
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unchanged
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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
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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)
- shell
- (nautical) hull (of a ship)
- bomb
Declension
Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms