slúagh

See also: sluagh

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

slúagh m

army, host
throng, crowd, company, assembly

Descendants

Irish: slua, sluagh
- → English: slew
Scottish Gaelic: sluagh
Manx: sleih

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slóg, slúag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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