slíogart

See also: sliogart

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

slíogart m (genitive singular slíogairt)

  1. (mineralogy) pumice (type of rock)
  2. pumice(-stone) (piece used as abrasive)

Declension
Declension of slíogart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative slíogart
Vocative a shlíogairt
Genitive slíogairt
Dative slíogart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an slíogart
Genitive an tslíogairt
Dative leis an slíogart

don slíogart

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slíogart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “slíogart” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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