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Where does “sclábhaí” come from?

sclábhaí (Irish) comes from Irish -aí, from Old Irish -ide, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

sclábhaí (Irish): slave; laborer, toiler; hack, drudge

Definitions

  1. slave; laborer, toiler; hack, drudge

Ancestry of “sclábhaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
2Old Irish-ide—
3Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

Words derived from “sclábhaí”

  • bansclábhaí
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