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Reconstruction:Middle Irish/slicén

Middle Irish

Etymology

From slice (“shell”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*slicén m

Diminutive of slice (“shell”)

Descendants

Irish: sliogán
Scottish Gaelic: sligean
Manx: shliggan

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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