slí

See also: sli, SLI, and ŝli

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish slige.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

slí f (genitive singular slí, nominative plural slite)

  1. way
    Synonym: bealach
  2. route, passage
  3. course, direction
  4. room , space
  5. means, way, manner

Declension

Declension of slí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative slí slite
vocative a shlí a shlite
genitive slí slite
dative slí slite
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tslí na slite
genitive na slí na slite
dative leis an tslí
don tslí
leis na slite

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of slí
radical lenition eclipsis
slí shlí
after an, tslí
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 476, page 152

Further reading

Tày

Tày cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : slí

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ. From Middle Chinese (MC sijH). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (), ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii¹), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

Numeral

slí

  1. four

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội