soiléir

Irish

Alternative forms

  • soilléir, soléir (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiléir (“clear, visible, obvious”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠəˈlʲeːɾʲ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠelʲeːɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠæl̠ʲeɾʲ/ ~ /ˈsˠɔl̠ʲeɾʲ/[3] ~ /ˈsˠæl̠ʲɔɾʲ/[4]

Adjective

soiléir (genitive singular masculine soiléir, genitive singular feminine soiléire, plural soiléire, comparative soiléire)

  1. clear, distinct; evident, obvious, plain
  2. easy
  3. unambiguous

Declension

Declension of soiléir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative soiléir shoiléir soiléire;
shoiléire2
vocative shoiléir soiléire
genitive soiléire soiléire soiléir
dative soiléir;
shoiléir1 		shoiléir soiléire;
shoiléire2
Comparative níos soiléire
Superlative is soiléire

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of soiléir
radical lenition eclipsis
soiléir shoiléir
after an, tsoiléir 		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. ^ “soiléir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 88, page 36
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 27, page 14

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