sailchuachach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From sailchuach + -ach.
Adjective edit
sailchuachach (genitive singular masculine sailchuachaigh, genitive singular feminine sailchuachaí, plural sailchuachacha, comparative sailchuachaí)
- violet (color)
- Synonym: corcairghorm
Declension edit
Declension of sailchuachach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sailchuachach | shailchuachach | sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha² | |
| Vocative | shailchuachaigh | sailchuachacha | ||
| Genitive | sailchuachaí | sailchuachacha | sailchuachach | |
| Dative | sailchuachach; shailchuachach¹ |
shailchuachach; shailchuachaigh (archaic) |
sailchuachacha; shailchuachacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sailchuachaí | |||
| Superlative | is sailchuachaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sailchuachach | shailchuachach after an, tsailchuachach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sailchuachach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “sailchuachach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “sailchuachach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.