sluagh

See also: slúagh

Classical Gaelic

Alternative forms

• slúagh

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl͈uːa̯(ɣ)/

Noun

sluagh m

1. army, host
2. throng, crowd, company, assembly

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slóg, slúag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Irish

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, nominative plural sluaigh or sluaighte)

1. obsolete form of slua

Declension

Declension of sluagh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sluagh sluaigh vocative a shluaigh a shluagha genitive sluaigh sluagh dative sluagh sluaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sluagh na sluaigh genitive an tsluaigh na sluagh dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaigh

Declension of sluagh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sluagh sluaighte vocative a shluaigh a shluaighte genitive sluaigh sluaighte dative sluagh sluaighte forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sluagh na sluaighte genitive an tsluaigh na sluaighte dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaighte

Mutation

Mutated forms of sluagh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sluagh	shluagh after an, tsluagh	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰos

Proto-Celtic *slougos

Old Irish slóg

Middle Irish slúag

Scottish Gaelic sluagh

From Middle Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪l̪ˠuəɣ/ [s̪l̪ˠʊɤ̞ɣ̥]
• (Islay) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ˠuəɣ/ [s̪t̪ˠuɑɣ̥]

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, plural slòigh)

1. community, folk
2. people, populace, population, public
3. crowd, throng, multitude

Declension

Declension of sluagh

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	sluagh	slòigh
genitive	sluaigh	slògh
dative	sluagh	slòigh
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) sluagh	(na) slòigh
genitive	(an t-) sluaigh	(nan) slògh
dative	(an t-) sluagh	(na) slògh
vocative	shluaigh	shlògha

Derived terms

• mòr-sluagh
• sluagh-ghairm (the source of English slogan)

Mutation

Mutation of sluagh

radical	lenition
sluagh	shluagh after "an", t-sluagh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume V, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 200-205