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''Sláinte'' or ''slàinte'' () is a word literally translating as "health"〔Ó Dónaill ''Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla'' An Gúm, Dublin 1977, reprinted 1992 ISBN 1-85791-037-0〕 in several Gaelic languages and is commonly used as a drinking toast in Ireland and Scotland. ==Variations== ''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"). The basic Scottish Gaelic equivalent is ''slàinte (mhath)'' (same meaning) to which the normal response is ''do dheagh shlàinte'' "your good health".〔Ó Maolalaigh, R. ''Scottish Gaelic in three months'' Hugo Language Books, 1996 ISBN 0-85285-234-7〕 There are other variations such as: *''air do shlàinte'' "on your health!" with the response ''slàinte agad-sa'' "health at yourself!"〔Dwelly, E. ''Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated () Gaelic- English Dictionary'' 4th edition 1941〕 *''slàinte mhòr'' "great health" which is also used as a Jacobite toast with the alternative meaning of "health to Marion", Marion (Gaelic ''Mòr'') being a Jacobite code name for Prince Charles Edward Stuart.〔("Lady Traquair's Brew" ) Glasgow Caledonian University: Centre for Political Song. Retrieved 9 January 2010.〕 The Manx Gaelic form is ''slaynt (vie)''〔Gunn, M. ''Da Mihi Manum'' Everson Gunn Teo., Dublin 1994 ISBN 1-899082-00-X〕 or ''shoh slaynt''.〔Morrison, S. ''Manx Fairy Tales'' (reprint) 2002 ISBN 1-873120-01-X〕 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 (see the Pronunciation box on this page for a guide to the correct pronunciation). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sláinte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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