sluicid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *slunketi.

Verb

sluicid (verbal noun slocud)

  1. to swallow
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 22b1
      amal sluces a n-adnacul n-ersoilcthe ní téte ind ⁊ du·tét bréntu as
      as the open sepulcher swallows whatever goes into it, which comes out of it as a stench
    • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 1013
      ...ro·lluicc in talam inna dí arracht déacc aili co n-icci a cinnu,
      The earth swallowed the twelve other idols up to their heads...

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. slogait
conj.
rel. sluces
imperfect indicative ·slocad
preterite abs. sloicsitt
conj.
rel.
perfect deut. ro·lluic ro·slogeth
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·róllca (ro-form)
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun slocud
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

  • do·athsluici

Descendants

  • Irish: slog, sloig
    • → Yola: slug

References

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