sailchuach

Irish

Alternative forms

• salchuach
• sail-chuach, sal-chuach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish salchuach, from sal (“dirt, impurity”) + cuäch (“goblet, bowl”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠalˠˈxuəx/, /sˠal̪ˠˈxuəx/ (corresponding to the form salchuach)

Noun

sailchuach f (genitive singular sailchuaiche, nominative plural sailchuacha)

1. violet (flower)

Declension

Declension of sailchuach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sailchuach sailchuacha Vocative a shailchuach a shailchuacha Genitive sailchuaiche sailchuach Dative sailchuach sailchuaich (archaic, dialectal) sailchuacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsailchuach na sailchuacha Genitive na sailchuaiche na sailchuach Dative leis an tsailchuach leis an tsailchuaich (archaic, dialectal) don tsailchuach don tsailchuaich (archaic, dialectal) leis na sailchuacha

Derived terms

• sailchuach chon
• sailchuach na gealaí
• sailchuachach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sailchuach	shailchuach after an, tsailchuach	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) “sailchuach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sailchuach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sailchuach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024