sluight

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht.

Noun

sluight m (plural [please provide])

1. lineage

   T'eh voish sluight ooasle.

   He is of noble lineage.

2. family

   Cha nel sluight echey.

   He has no family.

3. descent

   T'eh jeh sluight reeghyn Vannin.

   He is descended from the kings of Mann.

4. line (ancestry)

   Marrinee va'n sluight echey er dy rieau.

   He comes from a long line of seafaring men.

5. parentage

   T'eh jeh sluight Sostynagh.

   He is of English parentage.

6. descendant

   Ta mee jeh'n sluight jeeragh jeh'n dooinney shen.

   I am a direct descendant of that man.

Mutation

Mutation of sluight

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sluight	luight after "yn", tluight	unchanged

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