slios

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish slis, from Old Irish slis, from Proto-Celtic *stlissus.

Noun

slios m (genitive singular sleasa, nominative plural sleasa)

1. side
2. inclination, slope
3. bent
4. (marginal) strip

Declension

Declension of slios

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative slios sleasa Vocative a shlios a shleasa Genitive sleasa slios Dative slios sleasa

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an slios na sleasa Genitive an tsleasa na slios Dative leis an slios don slios leis na sleasa

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slios”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “slios”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slis¹.

Noun

slios m (genitive singular sliosa, plural sliosan)

1. side
2. (anatomy) side, flank
3. (geography) side of a country
4. extending, sloping declivity
5. (geography) coast, border, edge
6. drag rope, trace
7. slap on the side of the head

Derived terms

• slios-phairilis

Mutation

Mutation of slios

radical	lenition
slios	shlios after "an", t-slios

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