soiléir
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish soiléir (“clear, visible, obvious”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
soiléir (genitive singular masculine soiléir, genitive singular feminine soiléire, plural soiléire, comparative soiléire)
Declension
Declension of soiléir
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | soiléir | shoiléir | soiléire; shoiléire² | |
| Vocative | shoiléir | soiléire | ||
| Genitive | soiléire | soiléire | soiléir | |
| Dative | soiléir; shoiléir¹ |
shoiléir | soiléire; shoiléire² | |
| Comparative | níos soiléire | |||
| Superlative | is soiléire | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| soiléir | shoiléir after an, tsoiléir |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “clear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiléir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
Adjective
soiléir
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| soiléir | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiléir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language