slicht
English
Etymology
From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /slɪxt/, /slaɪt/
Adjective
slicht
- (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
- The copemen here are selling sare slicht goods.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (“track, section”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʲl͈ʲixt/
Noun
slicht m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
slicht | ṡlicht | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “slicht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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