sailleach
Irish
Adjective
sailleach (genitive singular masculine sailligh, genitive singular feminine saillí, plural sailleacha, comparative saillí)
Declension
Declension of sailleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sailleach | shailleach | sailleacha; shailleacha² | |
| Vocative | shailligh | sailleacha | ||
| Genitive | saillí | sailleacha | sailleach | |
| Dative | sailleach; shailleach¹ |
shailleach; shailligh (archaic) |
sailleacha; shailleacha² | |
| Comparative | níos saillí | |||
| Superlative | is saillí | |||
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
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sailleach | shailleach after an, tsailleach |
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) “sailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sailleach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sailleach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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