sliogánach

Irish

Etymology

From sliogán (“shell”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sliogánach (genitive singular masculine sliogánaigh, genitive singular feminine sliogánaí, plural sliogánacha, not comparable)

1. shelled, testaceous

Declension

Declension of sliogánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sliogánach	shliogánach	sliogánacha; shliogánacha2
vocative	shliogánaigh		sliogánacha
genitive		sliogánaí	sliogánacha	sliogánach
dative	sliogánach; shliogánach1	shliogánach; shliogánaigh (archaic)	sliogánacha; shliogánacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• iasc sliogánach (“shellfish”)

Noun

sliogánach m (genitive singular sliogánaigh, nominative plural sliogánaigh)

1. (zoology) testacean

Declension

Declension of sliogánach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sliogánach sliogánaigh vocative a shliogánaigh a shliogánacha genitive sliogánaigh sliogánach dative sliogánach sliogánaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sliogánach na sliogánaigh genitive an tsliogánaigh na sliogánach dative leis an sliogánach don sliogánach leis na sliogánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of sliogánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sliogánach	shliogánach after an, tsliogánach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sliogánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “shelled”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sliogánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm