Sligeach

See also: sligeach

Irish

Etymology

From sligeach (“shells; place abounding in shells”), from slige (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟa(x)/

Proper noun

Sligeach m (genitive Shligigh)

1. Sligo (the county town of County Sligo, Ireland)
2. Sligo (a county of Ireland)

   Synonym: Contae Shligigh

Declension

Declension of Sligeach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Sligeach vocative a Shligigh genitive Sligigh dative Sligeach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Sligeach genitive an tSligigh dative leis an Sligeach don Sligeach

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sligeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sligeach	Shligeach after an, tSligeach	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

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sligeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Sligeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024