slua

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠuə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɔː/ (in the phrase slua sí (“fairy host”) /sˠl̪ˠɔːˈʃiː/)[1]

Noun

slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite)

  1. host, force, army
  2. crowd, multitude, throng
  3. (uncountable) hosting

Declension

Declension of slua (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative slua sluaite
vocative a shlua a shluaite
genitive slua sluaite
dative slua sluaite
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an slua na sluaite
genitive an tslua na sluaite
dative leis an slua
don slua 		leis na sluaite

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: slew

Mutation

Mutated forms of slua
radical lenition eclipsis
slua shlua
after an, tslua 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14

Further reading

Further reading
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