siolla

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sillab, borrowed from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

siolla m (genitive singular siolla, nominative plural siollaí)

  1. syllable
  2. puff of wind

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Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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