slige

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈsliːə], [ˈsliːi]

Adjective[edit]

slige

  1. inflection of slig:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

slige f (genitive singular slige, nominative plural sligí)

  1. shell
  2. shard
  3. cresset, melting pot

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish slige, verbal noun of sligid (to strike down, fell), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- (to smear; to creep).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

slige f (genitive sliged or slige, nominative plural sligeda)

  1. road, way, passage
    • c. 1000, Anonymous, published in (1935) Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó (in Middle Irish), Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 11, 13, page 1:Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. [] In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.[There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. [] Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate.

Declension[edit]

As a d-stem

As an -stem

  • Genitive singular: slige
  • Accusative/dative singular: sligi

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: slí
  • Scottish Gaelic: slighe

Mutation[edit]

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
slige ṡlige unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish sligid (to hit, beat), a way being a stretch of land where the soil has been beaten down.[1]

Noun[edit]

slige f (genitive slige)

  1. verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
  2. way, path
Inflection[edit]
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sligeL sligiL sligi
Vocative sligeL sligiL sligi
Accusative sligiN sligiL sligi
Genitive slige sligeL sligeN
Dative sligiL sligib sligib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps related to adslig (to tempt, entreat), not related to slinn (shingle, flat weapenhead, weaver's reed).[2]

Noun[edit]

slige f

  1. reed of a loom

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
slige ṡlige unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “1 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pages S-133-34
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “2 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-134

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

slige f (genitive singular slige, plural sligean or sligeachan)

  1. shell
  2. (nautical) hull (of a ship)
  3. bomb

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]