Sláinte

Sláinte
For other uses, see Sláinte (disambiguation).

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The Slainte Bar in Perth, Scotland

The word sláinte in Irish or slàinte in Scottish Gaelic means "health."[1][2] As a drinking toast it is common in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, though also increasingly in other countries within the whiskey/whisky drinking community.[3]

Variations

Pronunciation
Language Phrase IPA
English slainte /ˈslɑːntʃə/ SLAHN-chə[4]
Irish sláinte (mhaith) [ˈsˠl̪ˠaːn̠ʲtʲə (wa)][5]
Scots Gaelic slàinte (mhath) [ˈs̪l̪ˠaːɲtʲʰə (va)]
Scots Gaelic do dheagh shlàinte [t̪ə ʝoː ˈl̪ˠaːɲtʲʰə]
Scots Gaelic slàinte mhòr [ˈs̪l̪ˠaːɲtʲʰə voːɾ]
Manx slaynt vie [slentθ vaːi][6]
Manx corp slaynt [kʰoɾpʰ slentθ][6]
Sláinte Mhath—Good health—Bonne santé

Sláinte is the basic form in Irish. Variations of this toast include sláinte mhaith "good health" in Irish (mhaith being the lenited form of maith "good"). In Irish, the response to sláinte is sláinte agatsa, which translates "to your health as well".

The basic Scottish Gaelic equivalent is slàinte (mhath), with the same meaning, to which the normal response is do dheagh shlàinte "your good health".[7] There are other variations such as:

  • air do shlàinte "on your health!" with the response slàinte agad-sa "health at yourself!"[8]
  • slàinte mhòr "great health" which is also used as a Jacobite toast with the alternative meaning of "health to Marion", Marion (Mòr) being a Jacobite code name for Prince Charles Edward Stuart.[9]

The Manx Gaelic form is slaynt (vie)[10] or shoh slaynt.[11] Alternatively, corp slaynt "healthy body" is also used in Manx.[6]

Etymology

The word is an abstract noun derived from the Old Irish adjective slán "whole, healthy" plus the Old Irish suffix tu, resulting in slántu "health" and eventually Middle Irish sláinte.[12][13] The root slán is derived from the Indo-European root *slā- "advantageous" and linked to words like German selig "blessed" and the Latin salus "health," as well as the River Slaney in Ireland.[14]

In some modern Romance languages, words descended from the Latin word salus (such as salute in Italian, salut in Catalan and Romanian, salud in Spanish) are similarly used as a toast. (However, sănătate in Romanian, santat in Occitan and santé in French are from Latin sanitas "health.")

See also

References

  1. ^ Ó Dónaill Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla An Gúm, Dublin 1977, reprinted 1992 ISBN 1-85791-037-0
  2. ^ Am Faclair Beag, s.v. 'slàinte'
  3. ^ "Slàinte Mhath: So sprichst Du den Trinkspruch aus und das bedeutet er • CaptainScotch.de". CaptainScotch.de (in German). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ "slainte". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.[dead link]
  5. ^ Foclóir Póca An Gúm 1992
  6. ^ a b c Broderick, G. A Handbook of Late Spoken Manx Niemeyer (1984) ISBN 3-484-42904-6
  7. ^ Ó Maolalaigh, R. Scottish Gaelic in three months. Hugo Language Books, 1996 ISBN 0-85285-234-7.
  8. ^ Dwelly, E. Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan / The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary 4th edition 1941
  9. ^ "Lady Traquair's Brew" Glasgow Caledonian University: Centre for Political Song. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  10. ^ Gunn, M. Da Mihi Manum Everson Gunn Teo., Dublin 1994 ISBN 1-899082-00-X
  11. ^ Morrison, S. Manx Fairy Tales (reprint) 2002 ISBN 1-873120-01-X
  12. ^ MacBain, A. (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language Stirling Eneas MacKay, 1982 edition by Gairm ISBN 0-901771-68-6
  13. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) The Gaelic of Leurbost. Oslo. Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvidenskap.
  14. ^ Pokorny, J. Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch Online Edition Indo-european.nl Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8 January 2010

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