slacht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slacht, from Old Dutch slaht, from Proto-West Germanic *slahtu, from Proto-Germanic *slahtuz. Equivalent to slaan (“to hit, strike”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

slacht c (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. slaughter

Related terms

• slachten

Verb

slacht

1. inflection of slachten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Irish

Alternative forms

• tlacht

Etymology

From Old Irish tlacht, slacht (“covering, protection; ornament, finish, beauty”).

Noun

slacht m (genitive singular slachta)

1. finish, polish; good appearance, neatness, tidiness

Declension

Declension of slacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative slacht vocative a shlacht genitive slachta dative slacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an slacht genitive an tslachta dative leis an slacht don slacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of slacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
slacht	shlacht after an, tslacht	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

slacht c (no plural)

1. slaughter (killing of animals for meat)

Derived terms

• slachtmoanne

Further reading

• “slacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011