slaynt

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sláinte, cognate with Irish sláinte and Scottish Gaelic slàinte.

Pronunciation

Noun

slaynt f (genitive singular slaynt, no plural)

  1. health
  2. constitution
  3. sanity

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of slaynt
radical lenition eclipsis
slaynt hlaynt
after "yn", tlaynt		 unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 70
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