slat

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slæt/ Rhymes: -æt === Noun === slat (plural slats) A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic. Synonyms: billet, flitch, spline, batten (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed. (skiing, slang) A ski. A thin piece of stone; a slate. A drop (of rain or water), a splash. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted) To construct or provide with slats. To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently. To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down. (of rain or other water) To fall; to beat (against something). (UK, dialectal) To split; to crack. To set on; to incite. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Alts, LTAs, SALT, Salt, TLAs, alts, last, lats, salt == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɑt̪ˠ/ (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠlɑt̪ˠ/ (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠat̪ˠ/, [sˠl̪ˠaːt̪ˠ] (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠat̪ˠ/ === Noun === slat f (genitive singular slaite, nominative plural slata or slatacha) rod, stick Synonyms: bata, maide cane, switch Synonym: cána wand (vulgar) dick, cock (penis) Synonym: bod yard (unit of measure) Synonym: cleith ==== Declension ==== Alternative strong plural form: slatacha ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slat”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɑːt/ Rhymes: -ɑːt === Verb === slāt first/third-person singular preterite of slītan == Old Irish == === Etymology === Hackstein relates this to Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”) and Albanian shtjell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsl̪ad̪/ === Noun === slat f plunder The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 825 ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: slat Irish: slad === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 slat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠaht/ === Noun === slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan) stick, rod, twig, switch, wand yard (unit of length) (vulgar, slang, anatomy) penis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== iadh-shlat slat-tomhais ==== See also ==== mìle (“mile”) òirleach (“inch”) troigh (“foot”) === Mutation ===