sliochd

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trail, offspring”).

sliochd m (genitive singular sliochda, plural sliochdan)

1. seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity

   sliochd Dhiarmaid ― the offspring of Dermid

   (the Campbells)

2. tribe, clan
3. troop
4. track, print, rut

   sliochd nan rothan ― the track of the wheels

   sliochd a mheur ― the print of his fingers

5. multitude

• sliochdmhor (“prolific; populous”, adjective)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “slicht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.