sleamhnaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish slemnaigid.[2] By surface analysis, sleamhain + -aigh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈʃlʲəun̪ˠɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲəunˠə/, /ˈʃl̠ʲəun̪ˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲəunˠiː/, /ˈʃl̠ʲəun̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲãunˠi/, /ˈʃl̠ʲãun̪ˠi/[3]

Verb

sleamhnaigh (present analytic sleamhnaíonn, future analytic sleamhnóidh, verbal noun sleamhnú, past participle sleamhnaithe)

  1. to slip, slide

Conjugation

Mutation

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

References

  1. sleamhnaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slemnaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50

Further reading

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