Slàinte
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Slàinte or Slàinte Mhath is commonly used as a drinking toast in Scotland and Ireland. Slàinte/Slàinte Mhath is the Scottish Gaelic spelling; in Ireland, it is spelled Sláinte/Sláinte Mhaith. Sometimes it is corrupted into "Slanj" which is quite close to the original pronunciation. It means literally "Good Health" - slainte translates vaguely as health in Gaelic. "Mhath" (pron. "vaa") is the lenited form of "math" (pron. "maa").[1]
Slàinte is a familiar name for folk bands playing traditional Irish music one of them is the band Mooncoyne. Several other bands by that name are located in Germany and Switzerland.
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