slabhra
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish slabrad (“chain; fetter, shackle”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra, nominative plural slabhraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of slabhra
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- slabhra páipéir (“paper chain”)
- droichead slabhra (“chain bridge”)
- aistreoir slabhra (“derailleur”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Old Norse slafra (“to slaver”).
Noun
[edit]slabhra m (genitive singular slabhra)
Declension
[edit]Declension of slabhra
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3
[edit]From Old Irish slabrae (“stock; marriage portion, dowry”).
Noun
[edit]slabhra f (genitive singular slabhra)
Declension
[edit]Declension of slabhra
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| slabhra | shlabhra after an, tslabhra |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “slaḃra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 649
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slabhra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slabrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slabrae, slaibre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slabhra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “slabhra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024