síothlaigh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish síthlaid. By surface analysis, síothal (“pail, bucket”) + -igh.
Verb edit
síothlaigh (present analytic síothlaíonn, future analytic síothlóidh, verbal noun síothlú, past participle síothlaithe)
- to strain (to separate solid from liquid), filter
- Synonym: scag
- to percolate (pass (a liquid) through a porous substance; make coffee in a percolator)
- to expire, die
- to die away/die down, subside
Conjugation edit
conjugation of síothlaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms edit
- insíothlaigh (“to infiltrate”)
- síothlaigh isteach (“to infiltrate”)
- síothlán
- síothlóir
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
síothlaigh | shíothlaigh after an, tsíothlaigh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “síothlaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síthlaid, síthlaigid, síthóilid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “síothlaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page sioṫluiġim
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síothlaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN