Sláinte

Pronunciation
Irish:	sláinte (mhaith)	[slɑːnʲtʲə wah]
Scots Gaelic:	slàinte (mhath)	[s̪lˠ̪aːɲtʲʰə va]
Scots Gaelic:	do dheagh shlàinte	[t̪ə ʝoː lˠ̪aːɲtʲʰə]
Scots Gaelic:	slàinte mhòr	[s̪lˠ̪ɑːɲtʲʰə voːɾ]
Manx Gaelic:	slaynt vie	[slent vaːi]
Manx Gaelic:	corp slaynt	[koɾp slent]

Sláinte or slàinte (SLAHN-chə) is a word literally translating as "health" in several Gaelic languages and is commonly used as a drinking toast in Ireland and Scotland.

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

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

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

The toast is mispronounced by non-native speakers in various ways, most commonly with excessive voicing as /ˈzlɑːndʒ/ (see the Pronunciation box on this page for a guide to the correct pronunciation).

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. 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".

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