saileach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sailech (compare Scottish Gaelic seileach), a derived form of sail. By surface analysis, sail +‎ -ach

Alternative forms

• salach, soileach

Noun

saileach f (genitive singular sailí)

1. (collective) willow, sally, sallow, osier

Declension

Declension of saileach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saileach vocative a shaileach genitive sailí dative saileach sailigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaileach genitive na sailí dative leis an tsaileach leis an tsailigh (archaic, dialectal) don tsaileach don tsailigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• saileach shilte (“weeping willow”)

Related terms

• saileog

Further reading

• “saileach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

saileach

1. genitive singular of sail

Mutation

Mutated forms of saileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saileach	shaileach after an, tsaileach	not applicable

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