salaigh

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish salaigid. By surface analysis, sail +‎ -igh.

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Verb[edit]

salaigh (present analytic salaíonn, future analytic salóidh, verbal noun salú, past participle salaithe)

  1. (transitive) to make dirty, soil, defile, sully
    Is beag an rud a shalaíonn stocaí bána.
    It is a little thing that dirties white stockings (i.e. it is easy to sully someone’s good reputation)
  2. (intransitive) to become dirty, become worse
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

salaigh

  1. inflection of salach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun[edit]

salaigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of sail
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of salach

Mutation[edit]

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