slicht

English

Alternative forms

• slight
• slycht
• sleight
• schlicht

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /slɪxt/, /slaɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪxt, -aɪt

Adjective

slicht

1. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).

   The copemen here are selling sare slicht goods.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Middle English Dictionary

Anagrams

• slitch

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *slixtus (“track, section”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲl͈ʲixt/

Noun

slicht m

1. mark

   Synonyms: éccosc, not, séla

2. trace, track

   Synonyms: éis, eng, lorg

3. trail
4. section

   Synonym: slecht

5. offspring

   Synonyms: ciniud, clann, íartaige, maccrad, suth, trog

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	slicht	slichtL	slechtae
Vocative	slicht	slichtL	slechtu
Accusative	slichtN	slichtL	slechtu
Genitive	slechtoH, slechtaH	slechto, slechta	slechtaeN
Dative	slichtL	slechtaib	slechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: sliocht
• Manx: sluight
• Scottish Gaelic: sliochd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
slicht	ṡlicht	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language