sluagh

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See also: slúagh

Irish

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, nominative plural sluaigh or sluaighte)

  1. Obsolete form of slua.

Declension

Declension of sluagh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sluagh sluaigh
vocative a shluaigh a shluagha
genitive sluaigh sluagh
dative sluagh sluaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sluagh na sluaigh
genitive an tsluaigh na sluagh
dative leis an sluagh
don sluagh 		leis na sluaigh
Declension of sluagh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sluagh sluaighte
vocative a shluaigh a shluaighte
genitive sluaigh sluaighte
dative sluagh sluaighte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an sluagh na sluaighte
genitive an tsluaigh na sluaighte
dative leis an sluagh
don sluagh 		leis na sluaighte

Mutation

Mutated forms of sluagh
radical lenition eclipsis
sluagh shluagh
after an, tsluagh 		not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, plural slòigh)

  1. community, crowd, folk
  2. people, populace, population, public
  3. multitude

Usage notes

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of sluagh
radical lenition
sluagh shluagh
after "an", t-sluagh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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