sclábhaí

• sclábh, sclábhuidhe (both obsolete)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclāvus (“slave”) (from Late Latin Sclāvus (“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos)) + -aí.

sclábhaí m (genitive singular sclábhaí, nominative plural sclábhaithe)

1. slave
2. laborer, toiler
3. hack, drudge
4. mean, miserable person

• bansclábhaí (“handmaid”)
• sclábhaíocht

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “scláb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sclábuide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sclábhaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sclábhaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sclábhaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.