síolach

Irish

Etymology

From síol (“seed”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

síolach

1. seedy (having many seeds)

Declension

Declension of síolach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	síolach	síolach	síolacha; síolacha²
Vocative	síolaigh		síolacha
Genitive		síolaí	síolacha	síolach
Dative	síolach; síolach¹	síolach; síolaigh (archaic)	síolacha; síolacha²
Comparative	níos síolaí
Superlative	is síolaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN