sloit

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

sloit f (genitive singular sloite, nominative plural sloiteanna)

  1. (Ulster) wick
    Synonym: buaiceas
    sloit coinnle ― candlewick

Declension

Declension of sloit (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sloit sloiteanna
vocative a shloit a shloiteanna
genitive sloite sloiteanna
dative sloit sloiteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsloit na sloiteanna
genitive na sloite na sloiteanna
dative leis an tsloit
don tsloit 		leis na sloiteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of sloit
radical lenition eclipsis
sloit shloit
after an, tsloit 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79

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