sleán

See also: slean

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sleá +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲaːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

sleán m (genitive singular sleáin, nominative plural sleánta)

  1. slane (spade for cutting turf or peat)

Declension

Declension of sleán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sleán sleánta
vocative a shleáin a shleánta
genitive sleáin sleánta
dative sleán sleánta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sleán na sleánta
genitive an tsleáin na sleánta
dative leis an sleán
don sleán 		leis na sleánta

Derived terms

  • sleán uchta, the breast slane, a variant, different from the basic (or foot) slane
  • sleánadóir

Descendants

  • English: slane, slean (Hiberno-English)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sleán
radical lenition eclipsis
sleán shleán
after an, tsleán 		not applicable

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

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