síolach

Irish

Etymology

From síol (“seed”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

síolach

1. seedy (having many seeds)

Declension

Declension of síolach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	síolach	síolach	síolacha; síolacha2
vocative	síolaigh		síolacha
genitive		síolaí	síolacha	síolach
dative	síolach; síolach1	síolach; síolaigh (archaic)	síolacha; síolacha2
Comparative	níos síolaí
Superlative	is síolaí

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 síolach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
síolach	shíolach after an, tsíolach	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) “síolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN