síolaigh

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish sílaigidir.[2] By surface analysis, síol +‎ -aigh.

Verb[edit]

síolaigh (present analytic síolaíonn, future analytic síolóidh, verbal noun síolú, past participle síolaithe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to propagate (cause to continue or multiply by generation; produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
  2. to sow (disperse seeds), spread, seed
  3. to descend (proceed by generation or by transmission) [+ ó (object) = from]
  4. to breed, reproduce
  5. to disseminate (sow and scatter like seed; become scattered)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ síolaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sílaigidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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