siolla

Irish

Alternative forms

  • siollab, siollabh (late, artificial archaisms)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish sillab, borrowed from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃil̪ˠə/, (Munster) [ˈʃɯl̪ˠə] ~ [ˈʃɨl̪ˠə][3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃɨl̪ˠu(ː)/[4] (corresponding to the form siollabh)

Noun

siolla m (genitive singular siolla, nominative plural siollaí)

  1. syllable
  2. puff of wind

Declension

Declension of siolla (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative siolla siollaí
vocative a shiolla a shiollaí
genitive siolla siollaí
dative siolla siollaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an siolla na siollaí
genitive an tsiolla na siollaí
dative leis an siolla
don siolla 		leis na siollaí

Derived terms

  • siollabra (“syllabary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siolla
radical lenition eclipsis
siolla shiolla
after an, tsiolla 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “siolla”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sillab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 47, page 21

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