silteán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

silteán m (genitive singular silteáin, nominative plural silteáin)

1. small drain or channel

   Synonyms: díog, draein

2. rivulet, rill
3. Alternative form of silteánach (“dead-and-alive person; thin, emaciated, person”)

Declension

Declension of silteán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative silteán silteáin vocative a shilteáin a shilteána genitive silteáin silteán dative silteán silteáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an silteán na silteáin genitive an tsilteáin na silteán dative leis an silteán don silteán leis na silteáin

Derived terms

• silteán draenála (“drainage gully”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of silteán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
silteán	shilteán after an, tsilteán	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) “silteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “silteán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “silteán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024