seilf

Irish

seilf

Alternative forms

• seilp (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English shelf.

Noun

seilf f (genitive singular seilf, nominative plural seilfeanna)

1. shelf (“flat, rigid structure used to support, store or display objects”)

Declension

Declension of seilf (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seilf seilfeanna vocative a sheilf a sheilfeanna genitive seilf seilfeanna dative seilf seilfeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tseilf na seilfeanna genitive na seilf na seilfeanna dative leis an tseilf don tseilf leis na seilfeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of seilf

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seilf	sheilf after an, tseilf	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) “seilf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN