slí

See also: sli, SLI, and ŝli

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish slige.

Pronunciation

Noun

slí f (genitive singular slí, nominative plural slite)

  1. way
  2. road, track
    Synonyms: bealach, bóthar, ród
  3. route, passage
  4. course, direction
  5. distance, journey
  6. room to proceed
  7. room, space
  8. right, normal, course of action
  9. means, method
  10. way, manner
  11. set (of tools)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
slí shlí
after an, tslí
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Tày

Tày cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : slí

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ. From Middle Chinese (MC sijH). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (), ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

Numeral

slí

  1. four

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
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