sílne

See also: silně

Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish sílne, from síl (“seed”).

Noun

sílne m (genitive singular sílne)

1. (literary) sperm

Declension

Declension of sílne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sílne Vocative a shílne Genitive sílne Dative sílne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an sílne Genitive an tsílne Dative leis an sílne don sílne

Mutation

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

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Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From síl.

Noun

sílne m

1. seminal fluid, seed, sperm
2. (botany, rare) seed

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sílne	sílneL	sílniL
Vocative	sílni	sílneL	sílniu
Accusative	sílneN	sílneL	sílniuH
Genitive	sílniL	sílneL	sílneN
Dative	sílniuL	sílnib	sílnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: sílne

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sílne	ṡílne	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.