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
Positive singular plural
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
singular plural
nominative Sileach Siligh
vocative a Shiligh a Shileacha
genitive Siligh Sileach
dative Sileach Siligh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Sileach na Siligh
genitive an tSiligh na Sileach
dative leis an Sileach
don Sileach 		leis na Siligh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sileach
radical lenition eclipsis
Sileach Shileach
after an, tSileach 		not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “Sileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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