síota

See also: siota

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”).

Noun

síota m (genitive singular síota, nominative plural síotaí)

1. cheetah (a distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal)

Declension

Declension of síota (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative síota síotaí vocative a shíota a shíotaí genitive síota síotaí dative síota síotaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an síota na síotaí genitive an tsíota na síotaí dative leis an síota don síota leis na síotaí

Synonyms

• liopard fiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of síota

radical	lenition	eclipsis
síota	shíota after an, tsíota	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “síota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN