slíoc

== Irish == === Alternative forms === slíog === Etymology === From English or Scots sleek. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲiːk/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲiːk/ === Verb === slíoc (present analytic slíocann, future analytic slíocfaidh, verbal noun slíocadh, past participle slíoctha) to sleek, smooth Synonym: cuimil to rub down (rub [a horse etc.] from top to bottom) Synonym: cuimil to pat, caress, stroke (an animal) Synonym: muirnigh ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slíoc leat (“to slip away”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slícad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “slíocaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 655 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slíoc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN