sailchuach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • salchuach
  • sail-chuach, sal-chuach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish salchuach, from sal (“dirt, impurity”) + cuäch (“goblet, bowl”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠalˠˈxuəx/, /sˠal̪ˠˈxuəx/[1] (corresponding to the form salchuach)

Noun

sailchuach f (genitive singular sailchuaiche, nominative plural sailchuacha)

  1. violet (flower)

Declension

Declension of sailchuach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sailchuach sailchuacha
vocative a shailchuach a shailchuacha
genitive sailchuaiche sailchuach
dative sailchuach
sailchuaich (archaic, dialectal) 		sailchuacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tsailchuach na sailchuacha
genitive na sailchuaiche na sailchuach
dative leis an tsailchuach
leis an tsailchuaich (archaic, dialectal)
don tsailchuach
don tsailchuaich (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na sailchuacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sailchuach
radical lenition eclipsis
sailchuach shailchuach
after an, tsailchuach 		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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

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