Sileach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An tSile (“Chile”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Sileach (genitive singular masculine Siligh, genitive singular feminine Silí, plural Sileacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]Sileach m (genitive singular Siligh, nominative plural Siligh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sileach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- “Sileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024