Sile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

English

Etymology

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Proper noun

Sile

1. Alternative spelling of Sheila

Anagrams

• isle, Iles, Lise, leis, %iles, Elis, lies, slie, iles, Isle, ELIs, Leis

Irish

Etymology

From Quechua chiri, chili, from Mapudungun chilli (“where the land ends”).

Proper noun

an tSile f (genitive na Sile)

1. Chile (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Sile

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sile Vocative a Shile Genitive Sile Dative Sile

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSile Genitive na Sile Dative leis an tSile don tSile

Always with the definite article.

Derived terms

• Sileach (“Chilean”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sile	Shile after an, tSile	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Chile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Silis.

Proper noun

Sile m

1. A river in Veneto

Anagrams

• lesi, lise

Latin

Proper noun

Sile

1. vocative singular of Silus