sliogánach

Irish

Etymology

From sliogán (“shell”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sliogánach (genitive singular masculine sliogánaigh, genitive singular feminine sliogánaí, plural sliogánacha, not comparable)

  1. shelled, testaceous

Declension

Declension of sliogánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative sliogánach shliogánach sliogánacha;
shliogánacha2
vocative shliogánaigh sliogánacha
genitive sliogánaí sliogánacha sliogánach
dative sliogánach;
shliogánach1 		shliogánach;
shliogánaigh (archaic) 		sliogánacha;
shliogánacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

  • iasc sliogánach (“shellfish”)

Noun

sliogánach m (genitive singular sliogánaigh, nominative plural sliogánaigh)

  1. (zoology) testacean

Declension

Declension of sliogánach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sliogánach sliogánaigh
vocative a shliogánaigh a shliogánacha
genitive sliogánaigh sliogánach
dative sliogánach sliogánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sliogánach na sliogánaigh
genitive an tsliogánaigh na sliogánach
dative leis an sliogánach
don sliogánach 		leis na sliogánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of sliogánach
radical lenition eclipsis
sliogánach shliogánach
after an, tsliogánach 		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

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