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

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative slige sligí Vocative a shlige a shligí Genitive slige sligí Dative slige sligí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tslige na sligí Genitive na slige na sligí Dative leis an tslige don tslige leis na sligí

Declension of slige

Third declension

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
slige	shlige after an, tslige	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slige, verbal noun of sligid (“to strike down, fell”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- (“to smear; to creep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕl͈ʲiɣʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive sliged or slige, nominative plural sligeda)

1. road, way, passage
   • 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.

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

Descendants

• Irish: slí
• Scottish Gaelic: slighe

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
slige	ṡlige	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sligid (“to hit, beat”), a way being a stretch of land where the soil has been beaten down.^[1]

Noun

slige f (genitive slige)

1. verbal noun of sligid: slaughter
2. way, path

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
Vocative	sligeL	sligiL	sligi
Accusative	sligiN	sligiL	sligi
Genitive	slige	sligeL	sligeN
Dative	sligiL	sligib	sligib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: slige
  • Irish: slí

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps related to adslig (“to tempt, entreat”), not related to slinn (“shingle, flat weapenhead, weaver's reed”).^[2]

Noun

slige f

1. reed of a loom

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
slige	ṡlige	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

References

1. Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “1 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, pages S-133-34
2. Vendryes, Joseph (1974) “2 slige”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume R-S, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page S-134

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʲɪkʲə/

Noun

slige f (genitive singular slige, plural sligean or sligeachan)

1. shell
2. (nautical) hull (of a ship)
3. bomb

Declension

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	slige	sligean
Genitive	slige	shligean
Dative	slige	sligean; sligibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligean
Genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligean
Dative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligean; sligibh✝
Vocative	shlige	shligean

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	slige	sligeachan
Genitive	slige	shligeachan
Dative	slige	sligeachan; sligibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligeachan
Genitive	(na) slige	(nan) sligeachan
Dative	(an) t-slige	(na) sligeachan; sligibh✝
Vocative	shlige	shligeachan

Declension of slige (class IId feminine noun)

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• sligeach
• sligeanach