sleamhainn

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === sleamhuinn === Etymology === From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip. === Pronunciation === (Lewis, Harris, Assynt, Islay) IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛ̃viɲ/ (Uist, Barra, much of Skye, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛ̃ũ.iɲ/ (Trotternish) IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛ̃.iɲ/ === Adjective === sleamhainn (comparative sleamhna) slippery === References === === Further reading === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “sleamhainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN