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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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slaod, drag, trail, Ir. slaodaim, draw after, slide, slaod, a raft, float, E. Ir. sláet, a slide: *sloiddo-, Celtic root sleid, slid; W. litthro, Eng. slide, Ag. S. slídan, Ger. schlitten, slide, sledge (n.); Lit. slidùs, smooth, Gr. ὀλισηανω, *slid-d-. Stokes explains the d of slaod as for dd, from -dnó-: *slaidh-nó-.
slaop, parboil, slaopach, parboiled, slovenly, Ir. slaopach, lukewarm (O'R.); also slaopair, a sloven, for which see next.
slapach, slàpach, slovenly, Ir. slapach, slovenly, slapar, a trail or train; from Scandinavian - Norse slápr, a good-for-nothing, slaepa, vestis promissa et laxa (Jamieson), sloppr, Eng. slop, Sc. slaupie, slovenly, Dutch slap, slack, remiss, Ger. schlaff.
slapraich, din, noise; from Eng. slap.
slat, a rod, twig, Ir. slat, M. Ir. slat, slatt, W. llath, yslath, Br. laz: *slattâ; Eng. lath is from W. M. Eng. latte, Ag. S. laetta, O. H. G. latta, Ger. latte are also Celtic borrows, Fr. latte (Thurneysen), but Kluge regards them as cognate.
sleabhag, mattock for digging up carrots, etc. (Carm.); sleidheag, kind of ladle (Lewis); cf. N. sleif.
sleagh, a spear, so Ir., E. Ir. sleg: *sḹgâ; Skr. sṛj, hurl, sling.
sleamacair, sly person (Lewis); cf. N. slaemr, bad.
sleamhan, stye (Carm.):
sleamhuinn, slippery, smooth, Ir. sleamhuin, O. Ir. slemon, W. llyfn, smooth, O. Br. limn (in compounds): *slib-no-s, root slib, sleib; Norse sleipr, slippery, Eng. slip, slippery; Gr. ὀλιβρός, λιβρός, slippery. See sliabh also.
sléigeil, dilatory, sleugach, drawling, slow, sly; also leug, laziness; from the Sc. sleek?
sléisneadh, back-sliding (Heb.): *sleið-s-, root of slaod and Eng. slide?
sleuchd, kneel, Ir. sléachdain, O. Ir. sléchtaim; frpom Lat. flecto.
sliabh, a moor, mountain, Ir. sliabh, mountain, O. Ir. slíab: *sleibos, root sleib, slib, glide, down, I. E. sleiꬶo-; Eng. slope, from slip, Norse sleipr, slippery; see sleamhuinn. W. llwyf, platform, loft, seems allied to G. sliabh.
sliachdair, spread any soft substance by trampling, daub: *sleikto-, sleig, Norse slíkr, smooth, Eng. sleek, Ger. schlick, grease, the original idea being "greasy", like soft mud. Cf. E. Ir. sliachtad, smoothing, preening.
sliasaid, sliasad (sliaisd, Dial.), thigh, Ir. sliasad, O. Ir. sliassit, poples: a diphthongal form of the root of slis, q.v.
slibist, a sloven; cf. Ir. sliobair, drag along; from Eng. slip, sloven.
slige, a scale of a balance, a shell, Ir. slige, a grisset, shell, O. Ir. slice, lanx, ostrea: *sleggio-, root sleg, for which cf. slachd.
