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sliabh.

mountain

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃlʲiəvˠ/Munster/ʃl̠ʲiəvˠ/Galway/ʃl̠ʲiəw/Mayo, Ulster
  1. mountain

    masculine
  2. moor

    masculine
  3. used in minced oaths

    masculine
    Dar sliabh!
    M'anam don sliabh!
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish slíab, from Proto-Celtic *sleibos. In Lá an tSléibhe (literally “Day of the Mountain”) and Luan an tSléibhe (“judgment day, doomsday”, literally “Monday of the Mountain”) it is a reference to Mount Zion. The use in minced oaths probably derives from this.

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