sláinte

See also: slàinte

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sláinte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠɑːn̠ʲtʲə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠan̠ʲtʲə/, /ˈsˠl̪ˠəin̠ʲtʲə/[1][2][3] (as if spelled slainte)

Noun

sláinte f (genitive singular sláinte, nominative plural sláintí)

  1. health
    Sláinte chuig na fir agus go maire na mná go deo!
    Health to the men and may the women live forever!
    Is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte.
    Health is better than wealth.
  2. healthcare
  3. toast (drink)

Declension
Declension of sláinte

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sláinte sláintí
Vocative a shláinte a shláintí
Genitive sláinte sláintí
Dative sláinte sláintí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsláinte na sláintí
Genitive na sláinte na sláintí
Dative leis an tsláinte

don tsláinte

 leis na sláintí

Derived terms

Interjection

sláinte

  1. cheers
    Synonym: sláinte is táinte

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sláinte shláinte
after an, tsláinte		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 316 (page 153).
  2. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 373.
  3. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 604.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From slán.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsl͈aːn͈ʲtʲə/

Noun

sláinte f

  1. health (freedom from illness)
  2. (Christianity) salvation
  3. (law) exemption, freedom from liability

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • sláintech (“free from liability or guilt”)
  • sláintigid

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sláinte ṡláinte unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “sláinte” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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