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sliabh

sliabh

Irish

Noun

sliabh m ‎(genitive singular sléibhe, nominative plural sléibhte)

mountain

Declension

Declension of sliabh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sliabh	sléibhte
Vocative	a shliabh	a shléibhte
Genitive	sléibhe	sléibhte
Dative	sliabh sléibh (archaic, dialectal)	sléibhte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sliabh	na sléibhte
Genitive	an tsléibhe	na sléibhte
Dative	leis an sliabh leis an sléibh (archaic, dialectal) don sliabh don sléibh (archaic, dialectal)	leis na sléibhte

Derived terms

Terms derived from sliabh

anua sléibhe m ‎(“mountain anoa”)
bongó sléibhe m ‎(“mountain bongo”)
easóg shléibhe f ‎(“mountain weasal”)

feadóg shléibhe f ‎(“golden plover”)
giolcach shléibhe f ‎(“broom (Fabaceae shrub)”)

gleoiseach sléibhe m ‎(“mountain linnet”)
rothar sléibhe m ‎(“mountain bike”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sliabh	shliabh after an, tsliabh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“slíab” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“sliaḃ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"sliabh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Old Irish slíab, Proto-Celtic *slēbos.

Noun

sliabh m ‎(genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)

moor, moorland
hill, mountain

Synonyms

(moorland): monadh, mòinteach
(hill): beinn, cnoc

Related terms

sleamhainn