# sliabh
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ʃlʲiəvˠ/
* (Galway) IPA: /ʃl̠ʲiəvˠ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ʃl̠ʲiəw/

### Noun

sliabh m (genitive singular sléibhe, nominative plural sléibhte)
* mountain
* (geography) moor
* Used in minced oaths.
    Dar sliabh! ― By Jove!
    M'anam don sliabh! ― I declare to goodness!

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sliabh
sléibhte
vocative
a shliabh
a shléibhte
genitive
sléibhe
sléibhte
dative
sliabh sléibh (archaic, dialectal)
sléibhte
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an sliabh
na sléibhte
genitive
an tsléibhe
na sléibhte
dative
leis an sliabh leis an sléibh (archaic, dialectal) don sliabh don sléibh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na sléibhte :

#### Derived terms

* anua sléibhe m (“mountain anoa”)
* bongó sléibhe m (“mountain bongo”)
* easóg shléibhe f (“mountain weasel”)
* feadóg shléibhe f (“golden plover”)
* giolcach shléibhe f (“broom (Fabaceae shrub)”)
* gleoiseach sléibhe m (“mountain linnet”)
* iúr sléibhe (“wood-sage”)
* Lá an tSléibhe (“judgment day, doomsday”)
* Luan an tSléibhe (“judgment day, doomsday”)
* maidhm shléibhe f (“avalanche”)
* rothar sléibhe m (“mountain bike”)
* sléibhín m (“blackheaded gull”)
* sléibhteánach m (“mountain dweller”)
* sléibhteoir m (“mountaineer”)
* sléibhtiúil (“mountainous; mountainy, hilly; moorish”, adjective)
* Sliabh Luachra m
* sliabhraon m (“mountain range”)

#### Related terms

* sléibhteoireacht f (“(act of) climbing mountains, mountaineering”)
* sléibhtiúlacht f (“hilliness”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sliaḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sliabh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “sliabh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 31

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃʎiəv/

### Noun

sliabh m (genitive singular slèibh, plural slèibhtean)
* moor, moorland
    Synonyms: monadh, mòinteach
* hill, mountain
    Synonyms: beinn, cnoc

#### Related terms

* sleamhainn

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language