slicht

English

Alternative forms

• slight, slycht, sleight, schlicht

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.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary

Anagrams

• slitch

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲl̠ʲixt̪/

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.

Further reading

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