sliasaid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish slíasait, slíassait, slíasat, from Proto-Celtic *sleixsantī (“shank”).

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular sliasaide, nominative plural sliasta)

  1. thigh, side
  2. ledge, shelf

Declension

Declension of sliasaid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sliasaid sliasta
vocative a shliasaid a shliasta
genitive sliasaide sliasta
dative sliasaid sliasta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsliasaid na sliasta
genitive na sliasaide na sliasta
dative leis an tsliasaid
don tsliasaid 		leis na sliasta

Mutation

Mutated forms of sliasaid
radical lenition eclipsis
sliasaid shliasaid
after an, tsliasaid 		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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular slèiste or sliasaide, plural slèistean or sliasaidean)

  1. thigh
  2. ham
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