seilitéip

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sellotape, with influence from téip (tape).

Noun

seilitéip f (genitive singular seilitéipe)

  1. Sellotape, Scotch tape
    Synonym: téip ghreamaitheach

Declension

Declension of seilitéip (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative seilitéip
vocative a sheilitéip
genitive seilitéipe
dative seilitéip
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tseilitéip
genitive na seilitéipe
dative leis an tseilitéip
don tseilitéip

Mutation

Mutated forms of seilitéip
radical lenition eclipsis
seilitéip sheilitéip
after an, tseilitéip
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

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