slaghdán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish sláetán, from sláet (“illness, disease”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɑi(ə)ˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠəid̪ˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠeːd̪ˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠl̪ˠɤːd̪ˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠl̪ˠaid̪ˠanˠ/[4]

Noun

slaghdán m (genitive singular slaghdáin, nominative plural slaghdáin)

  1. (medicine) a cold
    Tá slaghdán orm.
    I have a cold.

Declension
Declension of slaghdán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative slaghdán slaghdáin
Vocative a shlaghdáin a shlaghdána
Genitive slaghdáin slaghdán
Dative slaghdán slaghdáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an slaghdán na slaghdáin
Genitive an tslaghdáin na slaghdán
Dative leis an slaghdán

don slaghdán

 leis na slaghdáin

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

References
  1. “slaghdán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slaetán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 196, page 98
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30

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