sliabh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *slēbos.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲiəvˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲiəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲiəw/

Noun

sliabh m (genitive singular sléibhe, nominative plural sléibhte)

  1. mountain
  2. (geography) moor
  3. Used in minced oaths.
    Dar sliabh! ― By Jove!
    M'anam don sliabh! ― I declare to goodness!

Declension
Declension of sliabh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sliabh sléibhte
Vocative a shliabh a shléibhte
Genitive sléibhe sléibhte
Dative sliabh
sléibh (archaic, dialectal)		 sléibhte

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sliabh na sléibhte
Genitive an tsléibhe na sléibhte
Dative leis an sliabh
leis an sléibh (archaic, dialectal)

don sliabh
don sléibh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na sléibhte

Derived terms
  • anua sléibhe m (“mountain anoa”)
  • bongó sléibhe m (“mountain bongo”)
  • easóg shléibhe f (“mountain weasal”)
  • feadóg shléibhe f (“golden plover”)
  • giolcach shléibhe f (“broom (Fabaceae shrub)”)
  • gleoiseach sléibhe m (“mountain linnet”)
  • iúr sléibhe (“wood-sage”)
  • maidhm shléibhe f (“avalanche”)
  • rothar sléibhe m (“mountain bike”)
  • sléibhín m (“blackheaded gull”)
  • sléibhteánach m (“mountain dweller”)
  • Sléibhte Cugais m pl (“the Caucasus Mountains”)
  • sléibhteoir m (“mountaineer”)
  • sléibhtiúil (“mountainous; mountainy, hilly; moorish”, adjective)
  • Sliabh Luachra m
  • sliabhraon m (“mountain range”)
  • sléibhteoireacht f (“(act of) climbing mountains, mountaineering”)
  • sléibhtiúlacht f (“hilliness”)

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

Further reading
  • "sliabh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “slíab” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “sliaḃ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “sliabh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “sliabh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *slēbos.

Noun

sliabh m (genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)

  1. moor, moorland
    Synonyms: monadh, mòinteach
  2. hill, mountain
    Synonyms: beinn, cnoc

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
sliabhshliabh
after "an", t-sliabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “slíab” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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