saileach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sailech (compare Scottish Gaelic seileach), a derived form of sail. By surface analysis, sail +‎ -ach

Alternative forms

• salach, soileach

Noun

saileach f (genitive singular sailí)

1. (collective) willow, sally, sallow, osier

Declension

Declension of saileach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative saileach Vocative a shaileach Genitive sailí Dative saileach sailigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsaileach Genitive na sailí Dative leis an tsaileach leis an tsailigh (archaic, dialectal) don tsaileach don tsailigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• saileach shilte (“weeping willow”)

Related terms

• saileog

Further reading

• “saileach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sailech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

saileach

1. genitive singular of sail

Mutation

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