sliochd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trail, offspring”).

Noun

sliochd m (genitive singular sliochda, plural sliochdan)

  1. seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity
    sliochd Dhiarmaid ― the offspring of Dermid
    (the Campbells)
  2. tribe, clan
  3. troop
  4. track, print, rut
    sliochd nan rothan ― the track of the wheels
    sliochd a mheur ― the print of his fingers
  5. multitude

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “slicht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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