slaod

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps a borrowing from Old Norse slóða (“to drag, trail”), from Old Norse slóð (“a track, trail”), from Proto-Germanic *slōdō. Compare Dutch slodderen, German schlottern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sl̪ˠɯːt̪/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [s̪l̪ˠɯ̞ːt̪][1]

Verb

slaod (past shlaod, future slaodaidh, verbal noun slaodadh, past participle slaodte)

  1. drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, tow, trail, yank

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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