sileacan

Irish

Etymology

From English silicon, from silica, from Latin silex (flint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪlʲəkənˠ/

Noun

sileacan m (genitive singular sileacain)

  1. silicon

Declension

Declension of sileacan (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sileacan
vocative a shileacain
genitive sileacain
dative sileacan
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sileacan
genitive an tsileacain
dative leis an sileacan
don sileacan

Mutation

Mutated forms of sileacan
radical lenition eclipsis
sileacan shileacan
after an, tsileacan
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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