silteán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

silteán m (genitive singular silteáin, nominative plural silteáin)

  1. small drain or channel
    Synonyms: díog, draein
  2. rivulet, rill
  3. alternative form of silteánach (“dead-and-alive person; thin, emaciated, person”)

Declension

Declension of silteán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative silteán silteáin
vocative a shilteáin a shilteána
genitive silteáin silteán
dative silteán silteáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an silteán na silteáin
genitive an tsilteáin na silteán
dative leis an silteán
don silteán 		leis na silteáin

Derived terms

  • silteán draenála (“drainage gully”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of silteán
radical lenition eclipsis
silteán shilteán
after an, tsilteán 		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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