sliochd
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trail, offspring”).
Noun[edit]
sliochd m (genitive singular sliochda, plural sliochdan)
- seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity
- sliochd Dhiarmaid ― the offspring of Dermid (the Campbells)
- tribe, clan
- troop
- track, print, rut
- multitude
Derived terms[edit]
- sliochdmhor (“prolific; populous”, adjective)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “sliochd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language