síleáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English ceiling, with substitution of the Irish suffix -áil for the English -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːlʲaːlʲ/

Noun

síleáil f (genitive singular síleála, nominative plural síleálacha)

  1. ceiling (upper limit of room)

Declension

Declension of síleáil (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative síleáil síleálacha
vocative a shíleáil a shíleálacha
genitive síleála síleálacha
dative síleáil síleálacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsíleáil na síleálacha
genitive na síleála na síleálacha
dative leis an tsíleáil
don tsíleáil
leis na síleálacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of síleáil
radical lenition eclipsis
síleáil shíleáil
after an, tsíleáil
not applicable

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