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, 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, 2013–2025

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