slua

Irish

Alternative forms

• sluagh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠuə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠɔː/ (in the phrase slua sí (“fairy host”) /sˠl̪ˠɔːˈʃiː/)^[1]

Noun

slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite)

1. host, force, army
2. crowd, multitude, throng
3. (uncountable) hosting

Declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative slua sluaite Vocative a shlua a shluaite Genitive slua sluaite Dative slua sluaite

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an slua na sluaite Genitive an tslua na sluaite Dative leis an slua don slua leis na sluaite

Declension of slua

Fourth declension

Derived terms

• mórshlua
• síothshluagh
• sluamhar

 

Descendants

• → English: slew

Mutation

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

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sluaġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 658
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “slua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slóg, slúag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42