sleabhac

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From English sloke.

Noun

sleabhac m (genitive singular sleabhaic)

  1. laver, Porphyra umbilicalis
    Synonym: glasarnacht
Declension
Declension of sleabhac (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sleabhac
vocative a shleabhaic
genitive sleabhaic
dative sleabhac
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sleabhac
genitive an tsleabhaic
dative leis an sleabhac
don sleabhac
Derived terms
  • sleabhcán

Etymology 2

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Verb

sleabhac (present analytic sleabhcann, future analytic sleabhcfaidh, verbal noun sleabhcadh, past participle sleabhctha)

  1. to droop, incline
  2. to fade, flag, become limp
Descendants
  • → Yola: slavaak

Mutation

Mutated forms of sleabhac
radical lenition eclipsis
sleabhac shleabhac
after an, tsleabhac 		not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “sleabhac”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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