sìthiche

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From sìth (“fairy”) +‎ -iche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːhɪçə/

Noun

sìthiche m

1. fairy, elf

Declension

Declension of sìthiche (class IId masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	sìthiche	sìthichean
genitive	sìthiche	shìthichean
dative	sìthiche	sìthichean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) t-sìthiche	(na) sìthichean
genitive	(an) sìthiche	(nan) sìthichean
dative	(an) t-sìthiche	(na) sìthichean
vocative	shìthiche	shìthichean

Mutation

Mutation of sìthiche

radical	lenition
sìthiche	shìthiche after "an", t-sìthiche

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

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “sìthiche”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 530