sáilchaite

Irish

Etymology

From sáil +‎ caite.

Adjective

sáilchaite

1. down at heel (of shoes)

Declension

Declension of sáilchaite

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sáilchaite	sháilchaite	sáilchaite; sháilchaite2
vocative	sháilchaite		sáilchaite
genitive		sáilchaite	sáilchaite	sáilchaite
dative	sáilchaite; sháilchaite1	sháilchaite	sáilchaite; sháilchaite2
Comparative	níos sáilchaite
Superlative	is sáilchaite

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáilchaite

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sáilchaite	sháilchaite after an, tsáilchaite	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáilchaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sáilchaite”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm