Sile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

English

Etymology

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Proper noun

Sile

1. Alternative spelling of Sheila

Anagrams

• isle, Iles, Lise, leis, %iles, Elis, lies, slie, iles, Isle, ELIs, Leis

Irish

Etymology

From Quechua chiri, chili, from Mapudungun chilli (“where the land ends”).

Proper noun

an tSile f (genitive na Sile)

1. Chile (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Sile (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Sile vocative a Shile genitive Sile dative Sile forms with the definite article singular nominative an tSile genitive na Sile dative leis an tSile don tSile

Always with the definite article.

Derived terms

• Sileach (“Chilean”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sile	Shile after an, tSile	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Chile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Silis.

Proper noun

Sile m

1. A river in Veneto

Anagrams

• lesi, lise

Latin

Proper noun

Sile

1. vocative singular of Silus