Sileach

Irish

Etymology

From An tSile (“Chile”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Sileach (genitive singular masculine Siligh, genitive singular feminine Silí, plural Sileacha, not comparable)

1. Chilean

Declension

Declension of Sileach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Sileach	Shileach	Sileacha; Shileacha2
vocative	Shiligh		Sileacha
genitive		Silí	Sileacha	Sileach
dative	Sileach; Shileach1	Shileach; Shiligh (archaic)	Sileacha; Shileacha2
Comparative	níos Silí
Superlative	is Silí

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

Noun

Sileach m (genitive singular Siligh, nominative plural Siligh)

1. Chilean

Declension

Declension of Sileach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Sileach Siligh vocative a Shiligh a Shileacha genitive Siligh Sileach dative Sileach Siligh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Sileach na Siligh genitive an tSiligh na Sileach dative leis an Sileach don Sileach leis na Siligh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sileach	Shileach after an, tSileach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Sileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025