Sile

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Proper noun[edit]

Sile

  1. Alternative spelling of Sheila

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

an tSile f (genitive na Sile)

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Sile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Sile
Vocative a Shile
Genitive Sile
Dative Sile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tSile
Genitive na Sile
Dative leis an tSile

don tSile

Always with the definite article.

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • “Chile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “Sile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Silis.

Proper noun[edit]

Sile m

  1. A river in Veneto

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sile

  1. vocative singular of Silus
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