soiléire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish soiléire (“clearness”). Synchronically ananlyzable as soiléir +‎ -e.

Noun

soiléire f (genitive singular soiléire)

1. Synonym of soiléireacht (“clarity, distinctness; plainness, obviousness; coherence; easiness”)

Declension

Declension of soiléire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative soiléire Vocative a shoiléire Genitive soiléire Dative soiléire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsoiléire Genitive na soiléire Dative leis an tsoiléire don tsoiléire

Adjective

soiléire

1. inflection of soiléir:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soiléire	shoiléire after an, tsoiléire	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) “soiléire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “clarity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “distinctness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soiléire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language