slabhra

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish slabrad (“chain”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra, nominative plural slabhraí)

  2. chain
Declension
Declension of slabhra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative slabhra slabhraí
vocative a shlabhra a shlabhraí
genitive slabhra slabhraí
dative slabhra slabhraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an slabhra na slabhraí
genitive an tslabhra na slabhraí
dative leis an slabhra
don slabhra 		leis na slabhraí
Derived terms
  • slabhra páipéir (“paper chain”)
  • droichead slabhra (“chain bridge”)
  • aistreoir slabhra (“derailleur”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”).

Noun

slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra)

  2. slaver, slobber
Declension
Declension of slabhra (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative slabhra
vocative a shlabhra
genitive slabhra
dative slabhra
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an slabhra
genitive an tslabhra
dative leis an slabhra
don slabhra

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “slabhra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Etymology 3

From Old Irish slabrae (“stock”).[3]

Noun

slabhra f (genitive singular slabhra)

  2. (literary) stock, cattle; portion, dowry
Declension
Declension of slabhra (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative slabhra
vocative a shlabhra
genitive slabhra
dative slabhra
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tslabhra
genitive na slabhra
dative leis an tslabhra
don tslabhra

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “slaḃra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1047; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mutation

Mutated forms of slabhra
radical lenition eclipsis
slabhra shlabhra
after an, tslabhra 		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), “slabrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 208, page 79
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slabrae, slaibre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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