"slua" meaning in Irish

See slua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sˠl̪ˠuə/, /sˠl̪ˠɔː/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish slúag, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|slúag}} Middle Irish slúag, {{inh|ga|sga|slóg}} Old Irish slóg, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*slougos}} Proto-Celtic *slougos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|slua|||||||nominative plural|sluaite|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite), {{ga-noun|m|~|sluaite}} slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: slua [genitive, singular], sluaite [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], slua [indefinite, nominative, singular], sluaite [indefinite, nominative, plural], a shlua [indefinite, singular, vocative], a shluaite [indefinite, plural, vocative], slua [genitive, indefinite, singular], sluaite [genitive, indefinite, plural], slua [dative, indefinite, singular], sluaite [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an slua [definite, nominative, singular], na sluaite [definite, nominative, plural], an tslua [definite, genitive, singular], na sluaite [definite, genitive, plural], leis an slua [dative, definite, singular], don slua [dative, definite, singular], leis na sluaite [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], slua [error-unrecognized-form], shlua [error-unrecognized-form], tslua [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], sluagh [alternative]
  1. host, force, army Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-slua-ga-noun-q1KvH6Qc
  2. crowd, multitude, throng Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-slua-ga-noun-p8~u~Uni
  3. (uncountable) hosting Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-slua-ga-noun-WLXJpyHn Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 5 18 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 35 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 17 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mórshlua, síothshluagh, sluamhar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mórshlua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "síothshluagh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sluamhar"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "slew"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "slua",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluaite",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a shluaite",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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        "genitive",
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "slua",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tslua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shlua",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tslua",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sluagh",
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      ]
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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    }
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        "1": "msn"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "host, force, army"
      ],
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          "host",
          "host"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "crowd, multitude, throng"
      ],
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        [
          "crowd",
          "crowd"
        ],
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "throng",
          "throng"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 76",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        "hosting"
      ],
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        [
          "hosting",
          "hosting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) hosting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠl̪ˠuə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠl̪ˠɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slua"
}

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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mórshlua"
    },
    {
      "word": "síothshluagh"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluamhar"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "slew"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slua",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluaite",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shlua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tslua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don slua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sluaite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "slua",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shlua",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tslua",
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    {
      "form": "-",
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      "form": "sluagh",
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      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/sˠl̪ˠuə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠl̪ˠɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for slua meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (602557e and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.