slicht

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /slɪxt/, /slaɪt/

Adjective

slicht

  1. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
    The copemen here ‎are selling sare slicht goods.

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (“track, section”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʲl͈ʲixt/

Noun

slicht m

  1. mark
    Synonym: éccosc, not, séla
  2. trace, track
    Synonym: éis, eng, lorg
  3. trail
  4. section
    Synonym: slecht
  5. offspring
    Synonym: ciniud, clann, íartaige, maccrad, suth, trog

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
slicht ṡlicht unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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