sailchuachach

Irish

Etymology

From sailchuach +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sailchuachach (genitive singular masculine sailchuachaigh, genitive singular feminine sailchuachaí, plural sailchuachacha, comparative sailchuachaí)

1. violet (color)

   Synonym: corcairghorm

Declension

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sailchuachach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sailchuachach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sailchuachach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024