sliasaid

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish slíasait, slíassait, slíasat, from Proto-Celtic *slēxsantī (“shank”).

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular sliasaide, nominative plural sliasta)

  1. thigh, side
  2. ledge, shelf

Declension
Declension of sliasaid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sliasaid sliasta
Vocative a shliasaid a shliasta
Genitive sliasaide sliasta
Dative sliasaid sliasta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsliasaid na sliasta
Genitive na sliasaide na sliasta
Dative leis an tsliasaid

don tsliasaid

 leis na sliasta

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

sliasaid f (genitive singular slèiste or sliasaide, plural slèistean or sliasaidean)

  1. thigh
  2. ham
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