slige

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsliːə], [ˈsliːi]

Adjective

slige

1. inflection of slig:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Irish

Alternative forms

• slioga

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟɪ/

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, nominative plural sligí)

1. shell
2. shard
3. cresset, melting pot

Declension

Declension of slige (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative slige sligí vocative a shlige a shligí genitive slige sligí dative slige sligí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tslige na sligí genitive na slige na sligí dative leis an tslige don tslige leis na sligí

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeán

Mutation

Mutated forms of slige

radical	lenition	eclipsis
slige	shlige after an, tslige	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slice”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “slige”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “slige”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slige, verbal noun of sligid (“to strike down, fell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕl̠ʲiɣʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive sliged or slige, nominative plural sligeda)

1. road, way, passage

Declension

As a d-stem

• Genitive singular/plural: sliged
• Accusative/dative singular: sligid
• Nominative/accusative plural: sligeda
• Dative plural: sligthib

As an iā-stem

• Genitive singular: slige
• Accusative/dative singular: sligi

Quotations

• c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, lines 11, 13:

  Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. […] In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.

  [There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. […] Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate.

Descendants

• Irish: slí
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe

Mutation

Mutation of slige

radical	lenition	nasalization
slige	ṡlige	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sligid (“to hit, beat”), a way being a stretch of land where the soil has been beaten down.

Noun

slige f (genitive slige)

1. verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
2. way, path

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
vocative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
accusative	sligiN	sligiL	sligi
genitive	slige	sligeL	sligeN
dative	sligiL	sligib	sligib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: slige
  • Irish: slí

Etymology 2

Unknown. According to Pokorny, related to Etymology 1 above and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”), see also Proto-Slavic *slizъkъ (“smooth, slime”). This would make it also related to adslig (“to tempt, entreat”).

Despite the resemblance, not related to slinn (“shingle, flat weapenhead, weaver's reed”).

Noun

slige f

1. reed of a loom

Mutation

Mutation of slige

radical	lenition	nasalization
slige	ṡlige	slige

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʲɪkʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, plural sligean or sligeachan)

1. shell
2. (nautical) hull (of a ship)
3. bomb

Declension

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	slige	sligean
genitive	slige	shligean
dative	slige	sligean; sligibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligean
genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligean
dative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligean; sligibh1
vocative	shlige	shligean

¹ archaic or poetic form

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	slige	sligeachan
genitive	slige	shligeachan
dative	slige	sligeachan; sligibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligeachan
genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligeachan
dative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligeachan; sligibh1
vocative	shlige	shligeachan

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeanach