saileach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish *sailech (compare Manx shellagh, Scottish Gaelic seileach), a derived form of sail. By surface analysis, sail +‎ -ach

Alternative forms

Noun

saileach f (genitive singular sailí)

  1. (collective) willow, sally, sallow, osier
Declension
Declension of saileach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative saileach
vocative a shaileach
genitive sailí
dative saileach
sailigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tsaileach
genitive na sailí
dative leis an tsaileach
leis an tsailigh (archaic, dialectal)
don tsaileach
don tsailigh (archaic, dialectal)
Derived terms
  • saileach shilte (“weeping willow”)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

saileach

  1. genitive singular of sail

Mutation

Mutated forms of saileach
radical lenition eclipsis
saileach shaileach
after an, tsaileach 		not applicable

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

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