soiléir

Irish

Alternative forms

• soilléir, soléir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiléir (“clear, visible, obvious”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠəˈlʲeːɾʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɛlʲeːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔl̠ʲeɾʲ/; /ˈsˠæl̠ʲɔɾʲ/, /ˈsˠæl̠ʲeɾʲ/ (as if spelled sailleoir and sailléir)

Adjective

soiléir (genitive singular masculine soiléir, genitive singular feminine soiléire, plural soiléire, comparative soiléire)

1. clear, distinct; evident, obvious, plain
2. easy
3. unambiguous

Declension

Declension of soiléir

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	soiléir	shoiléir	soiléire; shoiléire²
Vocative	shoiléir		soiléire
Genitive		soiléire	soiléire	soiléir
Dative	soiléir; shoiléir¹	shoiléir	soiléire; shoiléire²
Comparative	níos soiléire
Superlative	is soiléire

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

Synonyms

• (evident): follasach
• (clear): glé, léir

Derived terms

• soiléire
• soiléireacht
• soiléirigh
• soiléiriú
• soiléirse
• soiléirseach

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “soiléir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiléir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 670
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “clear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiléir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38