sailleach

Irish

Etymology

From saill +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sailleach (genitive singular masculine sailligh, genitive singular feminine saillí, plural sailleacha, comparative saillí)

fatty, adipose

Declension

Declension of *sailleach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sailleach	shailleach	sailleacha; shailleacha²
vocative	shailligh	shailleach	sailleacha
genitive	shailligh	saillí	sailleacha	sailleach
dative	sailleach; shailleach¹	shailleach; shailligh (archaic)	sailleacha; shailleacha²
Comparative	níos saillí
Superlative	is saillí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

aigéad sailleach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *sailleach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
sailleach	shailleach after an, tsailleach	not applicable

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