# slat
## English
### Etymology

Old French esclat. Doublet of slate and éclat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /slæt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æt

### Noun

slat (plural slats)
* A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
    Synonyms: billet, flitch, spline
    slats of a window blind
** 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 208:To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.
* (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.
** 2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31:I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.
* A thin piece of stone; a slate.

#### Derived terms

* slatback
* slatless

#### Translations

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### 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.
** c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?
* (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
** 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip, →OCLC:Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces.
* 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: /sˠl̪ˠɑt̪ˠ/
* (Aran) IPA: /sˠlɑt̪ˠ/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /sˠl̪ˠat̪ˠ/, [sˠl̪ˠaːt̪ˠ]
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /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

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
slat
slata
vocative
a shlat
a shlata
genitive
slaite
slat
dative
slat slait (archaic, dialectal)
slata
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an tslat
na slata
genitive
na slaite
na slat
dative
leis an tslat leis an tslait (archaic, dialectal) don tslat don tslait (archaic, dialectal)
leis na slata :
* Alternative strong plural form: slatacha

#### Derived terms

* slata Napier
* slat bhrataí (“jack-staff”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 223
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 380
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 142, page 34
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 208, page 79

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slat”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old English
### Verb

slāt
* first/third-person singular preterite of slītan

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^✝$ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

#### Derived terms

* iadh-shlat
* slat-tomhais

#### See also

* mìle (“mile”)
* òirleach (“inch”)
* troigh (“foot”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.