slí

See also: sli, SLI, and ŝli

Irish

Alternative forms

slighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish slige.

Noun

slí f (genitive singular slí, nominative plural slite)

way
1. road, track
  Synonyms: bealach, bóthar, ród
2. route, passage
3. course, direction
4. distance, journey
5. 1. room to proceed
  2. room, space
6. right, normal, course of action
7. means, method
8. way, manner
9. 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 slí, míle de shlí (“mile”)
slí bheatha (“avocation, business, livelihood, occupation”)
slí rothar (“cycleway”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
slí	shlí after an, tslí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"slí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“slige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“sliġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 654.
Entries containing “slí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “slí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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