sailleach

Irish

Etymology

From saill +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sailleach (genitive singular masculine sailligh, genitive singular feminine saillí, plural sailleacha, comparative saillí)

fatty, adipose

Declension

Declension of sailleach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	sailleach	shailleach	sailleacha; shailleacha²
Vocative	shailligh	shailleach	sailleacha
Genitive	shailligh	saillí	sailleacha	sailleach
Dative	sailleach; shailleach¹	shailleach; shailligh (archaic)	sailleacha; shailleacha²
Comparative	níos saillí
Superlative	is saillí

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

Derived terms

aigéad sailleach

Mutation

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