Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
sliobán
sliobar
sliobarna
slíobtha
slíoc
slíocach
slíocaíocht
sliocht
sliochtach
sliochtaigh
sliochtmhar
slíocleac
slíoctha
sliodarnach
sliodchomhla
slíodóir
slíodóireacht
slíog
slioga
sliogach
slíogach
sliogán
sliogánach
sliocht, m. (gs. & pl. sleachta). 1. Mark, trace, track. ~ cos, track of feet. ~ a mhéar, his finger-marks. Ar shliocht ruda, in the track of, following, as a result of, sth. Tá a shliocht air, ‘signs on it’, it is borne out by the result. Bhí a shliocht orthu, d’éirigh an saol leo, the result was apparent, they got on well in life. Beidh a shliocht ort, múinfidh an saol thú, in consequence of that life will teach you a lesson. 2. Offspring, progeny; line, posterity. ~ a sleachta, their children’s children. Ní raibh ~ orthu, they had no issue. Thit an oidhreacht ar a shliocht, the inheritance fell to his descendants. Duine dá shliocht, one of his breed. Ní raibh aon fhear meata ar a shliocht, no man of his stock was a coward. 3. Passage, tract; extract. ~ as leabhar, extract from a book. Lit: Sleachta suadh, learned tracts.
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Síol, sliocht, Ádhaimh, Adam’s descendants, the human race.
4. ~ sampla, ~ ar shliocht, fool of a family, of a community.
An sliocht seo i mo dhiaidh, the following extract (from what I am reading).
A n-iarsmaí nó a sliocht, their survivors or descendants.
Tháinig sliocht mór orthu, they had many descendants.
~íodh an sliocht sin ón Laidin, that extract was taken from Latin.
