Síle

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Síle, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːlʲə/

Proper noun

Síle f (genitive Shíle)

  1. a female given name of Irish origin, Anglicized as Sheila, and sometimes translated as Cecilia or Julie/Julia

Derived terms

  • Síle an phíce
  • Síle na bportach
  • Síle na gcíoch

Descendants

  • → English: Sheila
  • → Fingallian: Shela

Noun

Síle f (genitive singular Síle, nominative plural Sílí)

  1. (derogatory) effeminate person, sissy
    Synonyms: blióg, bliteog, gamhain, piteog

Declension

Declension of Síle (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Síle Sílí
vocative a Shíle a Shílí
genitive Síle Sílí
dative Síle Sílí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tSíle na Sílí
genitive na Síle na Sílí
dative leis an tSíle
don tSíle 		leis na Sílí

Mutation

Mutated forms of Síle
radical lenition eclipsis
Síle Shíle
after an, tSíle 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, pages 165–66

Further reading

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