sailchuachach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sailchuach + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]sailchuachach (genitive singular masculine sailchuachaigh, genitive singular feminine sailchuachaí, plural sailchuachacha, comparative sailchuachaí)
- violet (color)
- Synonym: corcairghorm
Declension
[edit]Declension of sailchuachach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sailchuachach | shailchuachach | sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha² | |
| Vocative | shailchuachaigh | sailchuachacha | ||
| Genitive | sailchuachaí | sailchuachacha | sailchuachach | |
| Dative | sailchuachach; shailchuachach¹ |
shailchuachach; shailchuachaigh (archaic) |
sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sailchuachaí | |||
| Superlative | is sailchuachaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sailchuachach | shailchuachach after an, tsailchuachach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sailchuachach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sailchuachach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sailchuachach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024