Sileach

Irish

Etymology

From An tSile (“Chile”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Sileach (genitive singular masculine Siligh, genitive singular feminine Silí, plural Sileacha, not comparable)

1. Chilean

Declension

Declension of Sileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Sileach	Shileach	Sileacha; Shileacha²
Vocative	Shiligh		Sileacha
Genitive		Silí	Sileacha	Sileach
Dative	Sileach; Shileach¹	Shileach; Shiligh (archaic)	Sileacha; Shileacha²
Comparative	níos Silí
Superlative	is Silí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Sileach m (genitive singular Siligh, nominative plural Siligh)

1. Chilean

Declension

Declension of Sileach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Sileach Siligh Vocative a Shiligh a Shileacha Genitive Siligh Sileach Dative Sileach Siligh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Sileach na Siligh Genitive an tSiligh na Sileach Dative leis an Sileach don Sileach leis na Siligh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sileach	Shileach after an, tSileach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Sileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024