slua

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠuə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɔː/ (in the phrase slua (fairy host) /sˠl̪ˠɔːˈʃiː/)[1]

Noun

slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite)

  1. host, force, army
  2. crowd, multitude, throng
  3. (uncountable) hosting

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: slew

Mutation

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

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14

Further reading

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