seilitéip

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sellotape, with influence from téip (“tape”).

Noun

seilitéip f (genitive singular seilitéipe)

1. Sellotape, Scotch tape

   Synonym: téip ghreamaitheach

Declension

Declension of seilitéip (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative seilitéip vocative a sheilitéip genitive seilitéipe dative seilitéip forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tseilitéip genitive na seilitéipe dative leis an tseilitéip don tseilitéip

Mutation

Mutated forms of seilitéip

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seilitéip	sheilitéip after an, tseilitéip	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

• “seilitéip”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025