Sláinte

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Sláinte or Sláinte Mhath is commonly used as a drinking toast in Ireland and Scotland. Sláinte/Sláinte Mhaith is the Irish spelling; in Scottish Gaelic, it is spelled Slàinte/Slàinte Mhath. Sometimes it is corrupted into "Slanj" which is quite close to the original pronunciation. It means literally "Good Health" - slàinte translates vaguely as health in Gaelic. "Mhath" (pron. "vaa") is the lenited form of "math" (pron. "maa").^[1]

The word was used in Old Irish before Scottish Gaelic became a spoken language, and was oddly spelled 'Sláinte' before the late 20th century beginnings and finishing of 'the standard' - 'an chaighdeán'.

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