seilf

Irish

seilf

Alternative forms

seilp (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English shelf.

Noun

seilf f (genitive singular seilf, nominative plural seilfeanna)

shelf (“flat, rigid structure used to support, store or display objects”)

Declension

Declension of seilf

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seilf	seilfeanna
Vocative	a sheilf	a sheilfeanna
Genitive	seilf	seilfeanna
Dative	seilf	seilfeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tseilf	na seilfeanna
Genitive	na seilf	na seilfeanna
Dative	leis an tseilf don tseilf	leis na seilfeanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seilf	sheilf after an, tseilf	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) “seilf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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