Sileach

Irish

Etymology

From An tSile (“Chile”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Sileach (genitive singular masculine Siligh, genitive singular feminine Silí, plural Sileacha, not comparable)

  1. Chilean

Declension
Declension of Sileach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Sileach Shileach Sileacha;
Shileacha²
Vocative Shiligh Sileacha
Genitive Silí Sileacha Sileach
Dative Sileach;
Shileach¹		 Shileach;
Shiligh (archaic)		 Sileacha;
Shileacha²
Comparative níos Silí
Superlative is Silí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Sileach m (genitive singular Siligh, nominative plural Siligh)

  1. Chilean

Declension
Declension of Sileach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Sileach Siligh
Vocative a Shiligh a Shileacha
Genitive Siligh Sileach
Dative Sileach Siligh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Sileach na Siligh
Genitive an tSiligh na Sileach
Dative leis an Sileach

don Sileach

 leis na Siligh

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

Further reading
  • Entries containing “Sileach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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