síleáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• suíleáil (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From English ceiling, with substitution of the Irish suffix -áil for the English -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːlʲaːlʲ/

Noun

síleáil f (genitive singular síleála, nominative plural síleálacha)

1. ceiling (upper limit of room)

Declension

Declension of síleáil (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative síleáil síleálacha vocative a shíleáil a shíleálacha genitive síleála síleálacha dative síleáil síleálacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsíleáil na síleálacha genitive na síleála na síleálacha dative leis an tsíleáil don tsíleáil leis na síleálacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of síleáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
síleáil	shíleáil after an, tsíleáil	not applicable

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