sílne

See also: silne, silné, silně, and silñe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sílne, from síl (“seed”).

Noun

sílne m (genitive singular sílne)

1. (literary) sperm

Declension

Declension of sílne (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sílne vocative a shílne genitive sílne dative sílne forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sílne genitive an tsílne dative leis an sílne don sílne

Mutation

Mutated forms of sílne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sílne	shílne after an, tsílne	not applicable

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From síl.

Noun

sílne m

1. seminal fluid, seed, sperm
2. (botany, rare) seed

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sílne	sílneL	sílniL
Vocative	sílni	sílneL	sílniu
Accusative	sílneN	sílneL	sílniuH
Genitive	sílniL	sílneL	sílneN
Dative	sílniuL	sílnib	sílnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: sílne

Mutation

Mutation of sílne

radical	lenition	nasalization
sílne	ṡílne	unchanged

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