sleán

== Irish == === Alternative forms === sleaghán (superseded) === Etymology === From sleá +‎ -án. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲaːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲaːn̪ˠ/ === Noun === sleán m (genitive singular sleáin, nominative plural sleánta) slane (spade for cutting turf or peat) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sleán uchta, the breast slane, a variant, different from the basic (or foot) slane sleánadóir ==== Descendants ==== English: slane, slean (Hiberno-English) === Mutation === === Further reading === “sleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 653 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83