sliogánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sliogán (“shell”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]sliogánach (genitive singular masculine sliogánaigh, genitive singular feminine sliogánaí, plural sliogánacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sliogánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sliogánach | shliogánach | sliogánacha; shliogánacha² | |
Vocative | shliogánaigh | sliogánacha | ||
Genitive | sliogánaí | sliogánacha | sliogánach | |
Dative | sliogánach; shliogánach¹ |
shliogánach; shliogánaigh (archaic) |
sliogánacha; shliogánacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- iasc sliogánach (“shellfish”)
Noun
[edit]sliogánach m (genitive singular sliogánaigh, nominative plural sliogánaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sliogánach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sliogánach | shliogánach after an, tsliogánach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliogánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “shelled”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sliogánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm