sliochd

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trail, offspring”).

Noun

sliochd m (genitive singular sliochda, plural sliochdan)

  1. seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity
    sliochd Dhiarmaid ― the offspring of Dermid (the Campbells)
  2. tribe, clan
  3. troop
  4. track, print, rut
    sliochd nan rothan ― the track of the wheels
    sliochd a mheur ― the print of his fingers
  5. multitude

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sliochd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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