seileach
Irish
Etymology
From seile + -ach.
Adjective
seileach (genitive singular masculine seiligh, genitive singular feminine seilí, plural seileacha, not comparable)
- salivary
- Synonym: seileogach
Declension
Declension of seileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seileach | sheileach | seileacha; sheileacha² | |
| Vocative | sheiligh | seileacha | ||
| Genitive | seilí | seileacha | seileach | |
| Dative | seileach; sheileach¹ | sheileach; sheiligh (archaic) | seileacha; sheileacha² | |
| 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
- faireog sheileach (“salivary gland”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seileach | sheileach after an, tseileach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
- Entries containing “seileach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seileach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sailech (“willow”) (compare Irish saileach), from Proto-Celtic *salixs (compare Welsh helyg), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”) (compare Latin salix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeləx/
Noun
seileach m (genitive singular seilich, plural seilichean or seilich)
- willow
Derived terms
- seileach-Ailpeach
- seileach-almoin
- seileach an t-sléibhe
- seileach an t-srutha
- seileach an t-srutha òir
- seileach an t-srutha Sìneach
- seileach-bàn
- seileach-brisg
- seileach-clòimheach
- seileach-cluasach
- seileach-clùimhteach
- seileach-corcarach
- seileach-dearg
- seileach-Frangach
- seileach-geal
- seileach-labhrais
- seileach-làir
- seileach-lann
- seileach-liath
- seileach-lìonanach
- seileach-miortail
- seileach na duilleige duirche
- seileach-olach
- seileach-ruadh
- seileach-tuathach
- seileach-uisge
Related terms
- ceann-dubhag an t-seilich
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| seileach | sheileach after "an", t-seileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “seileach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language