Re: Geschlecht (clan, lineage, nobility -) & O. Irish: slicht

From: The Egyptian Chronicles
Message: 67140
Date: 2011-01-23

t0lgsoo1 wrote: “ .......we know that <Geschlecht> can mean "descendants, family, clan, dynasty" or even "tribe, nation (of the Franks)," .......
 
 
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See  also O. Irish: slicht
 

Irish: sliocht,  offspring, progeny, generation  and/or  descendants.

Manx: sluight, & Scottish Gaelic: sliochd.
 
Example depicted in a typical Irish wedding toast
 
“ Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta”
 
 
 
Translation:
 
(Blessings on your posterity). May there be a generation of children on the children of your children.
 
 
Ishinan
1/23/2011