sailchuachach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sailchuach + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]sailchuachach (genitive singular masculine sailchuachaigh, genitive singular feminine sailchuachaí, plural sailchuachacha, comparative sailchuachaí)
- violet (color)
- Synonym: corcairghorm
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | sailchuachach | shailchuachach | sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha2 | |
| vocative | shailchuachaigh | sailchuachacha | ||
| genitive | sailchuachaí | sailchuachacha | sailchuachach | |
| dative | sailchuachach; shailchuachach1 |
shailchuachach; shailchuachaigh (archaic) |
sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos sailchuachaí | |||
| Superlative | is sailchuachaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| sailchuachach | shailchuachach after an, tsailchuachach |
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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sailchuachach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sailchuachach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sailchuachach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024