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slí

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See also: sli, SLI, and ŝli

Irish

Alternative forms

slighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish slige.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʲiː/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲiː/

Noun

slí f (genitive singular slí, nominative plural slite)

way
road, track
Synonyms: bealach, bóthar, ród
route, passage
course, direction
distance, journey
room to proceed
room, space
right, normal, course of action
means, method
way, manner
set (of tools)

Declension

Declension of slí (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	slí	slite
vocative	a shlí	a shlite
genitive	slí	slite
dative	slí	slite

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an tslí	na slite
genitive	na slí	na slite
dative	leis an tslí don tslí	leis na slite

Derived terms

ceart slí (“right of way”)
géill slí (“yield right of way”)
malairt slí (“detour”)
míle de shlí (“mile”)
míle slí (“mile”)
slí bheatha (“livelihood”)
slí rothar (“cycleway”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *slí*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
slí	shlí after an, tslí	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sliġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“slí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40

Tày

**Tày cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : slí

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ. From Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii��), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɬi˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [θi˦]

Numeral

slí

four

References

Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

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