sliochd

From Old Irish slicht (“mark, trail, offspring”).

sliochd m (genitive singular sliochda, plural sliochdan)

1. seed, offspring, progeny, descendants, posterity

   sliochd Dhiarmaid ― the offspring of Dermid (the Campbells)

2. tribe, clan
3. troop
4. track, print, rut

   sliochd nan rothan ― the track of the wheels

   sliochd a mheur ― the print of his fingers

5. multitude

• sliochdmhor (“prolific; populous”, adjective)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sliochd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language