Béal Átha na Sluaighe / Ballinasloe

Béal Átha na Sluaighe / Ballinasloe is one ow the largest towns in Co. Galway

Vocabulary:
béal = mouth, lip
áth = ford
slua (old spelling: sluagh) [m] = crowd, multitude; army

Grammar:
slua / an slua = a crowd / the crowd
slua / an tslua = of a crowd / of the crowd
sluaite / na sluaite = crowds / the crowds
sluaite / na sluaite = of crowds / of the crowds

Etymology:
slua (Modern Irish, new spelling) < sluagh (Modern Irish, old spelling) < slúagh (Middle Irish) < slúag, slóg (Old Irish) < *slougos (Proto-Celtic) = troops, army < *slowgos, *slowghos (Proto-Indo-European) = entourage

Cognates in other Celtic languages:
sluagh (Scottish) = crowd, multitude
llu (Welsh) = throng, multitude

Cognates in other languages:
sługa (Polish) = servant
sluha (Czech, Slovak) = servant
слуга (Russian, Ukrainian) = servant
slugă (Romanian) = servant

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