slúag

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl̪uːə̯ɣ/

Noun

slúag m

1. army, host
2. throng, crowd, company, assembly

Descendants

• Classical Gaelic: sluagh
• Irish: slua, sluagh (superseded)
  • → English: slew
• Scottish Gaelic: sluagh
• Manx: sleih

Mutation

Mutation of slúag

radical	lenition	nasalization
slúag	ṡlúag	unchanged

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

References

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

Old Irish

Noun

slúag m

1. alternative form of slóg