slane
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sleɪn/, /slɑːn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
- Homophone: slain
Noun
slane (plural slanes)
- (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.
Anagrams
- leans, Elans, enals, Elsan, L'Anse, Leans, nales, elans, Nales, Neals, neals, ELANs, élans, ANSEL, Ansel, lanes, slean
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slɛːn/, [slɛᵈn]
Adjective
slane
- well, sane, unhurt
- whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
- intact, unbroken
- absolute (of ruler)
- perfect, complete
- unexpurgated (as edition)
Antonyms
- neuslane
Derived terms
Interjection
slane
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| slane | lane after "yn", tlane |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
- inflection of slan:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Noun
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
- genitive singular of slana
Participle
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
- feminine plural passive past participle of slati