slaghdán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • slaodán

Etymology

From Middle Irish sláetán, from sláet (illness, disease).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠəiˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠəid̪ˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠeːd̪ˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠl̪ˠɤːd̪ˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠl̪ˠaid̪ˠanˠ/[1]

Noun

slaghdán m (genitive singular slaghdáin, nominative plural slaghdáin)

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

Declension

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. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30

Further reading

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