Sile

See also: sile, silé, Sìle, síle, Síle, and sîle

English

Etymology

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Proper noun

Sile

  1. Alternative spelling of Sheila

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Quechua chiri, chili, from Mapudungun chilli (“where the land ends”).

Proper noun

an tSile f (genitive na Sile)

  1. Chile

Declension
Declension of Sile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Sile
Vocative a Shile
Genitive Sile
Dative Sile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tSile
Genitive na Sile
Dative leis an tSile

don tSile

Always with the definite article.

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Sile Shile
after an, tSile		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “Chile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “Sile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Silis.

Proper noun

Sile m

  1. A river that flows in Veneto
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