slipéar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • slipéid, slipéir
  • slipeur (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From English slipper, from Middle English slypper.

Noun

slipéar m (genitive singular slipéir, nominative plural slipéir)

  1. slipper (low soft shoe)

Declension

Declension of slipéar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative slipéar slipéir
vocative a shlipéir a shlipéara
genitive slipéir slipéar
dative slipéar slipéir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an slipéar na slipéir
genitive an tslipéir na slipéar
dative leis an slipéar
don slipéar 		leis na slipéir

Mutation

Mutated forms of slipéar
radical lenition eclipsis
slipéar shlipéar
after an, tslipéar 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “slipéar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “slipéid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1060; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slipéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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