slicht

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English slight (bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level), from Old English sliht (smooth, level), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (bad, poor, wrong), Dutch slecht (bad), German schlecht (bad), Low German slecht (bad).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /slɪxt/, /slaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪxt, -aɪt

Adjective

slicht

  1. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
    The copemen here are selling sare slicht goods.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (track, section).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲl͈ʲixt]

Noun

slicht m

  1. mark
    Synonyms: éccosc, not, séla
  2. trace, track
    Synonyms: éis, eng, lorg
  3. trail
  4. section
    Synonym: slecht
  5. offspring
    Synonyms: ciniud, clann, íartaige, maccrad, suth, trog

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative slicht slichtL slechtae
vocative slicht slichtL slechtu
accusative slichtN slichtL slechtu
genitive slechtoH, slechtaH slechto, slechta slechtaeN
dative slichtL slechtaib slechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: sliocht
  • Manx: sluight
  • Scottish Gaelic: sliochd

Mutation

Mutation of slicht
radical lenition nasalization
slicht ṡlicht slicht

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

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