sailleach

Irish

Etymology

From saill +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sailleach (genitive singular masculine sailligh, genitive singular feminine saillí, plural sailleacha, comparative saillí)

  1. fatty, adipose

Declension

Declension of sailleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sailleach shailleach sailleacha;
shailleacha2
vocative shailligh sailleacha
genitive saillí sailleacha sailleach
dative sailleach;
shailleach1 		shailleach;
shailligh (archaic) 		sailleacha;
shailleacha2
Comparative níos saillí
Superlative is saillí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of sailleach
radical lenition eclipsis
sailleach shailleach
after an, tsailleach 		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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