Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish salaigid. By surface analysis, sail +‎ -igh.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

salaigh (present analytic salaíonn, future analytic salóidh, verbal noun salú, past participle salaithe)

  1. (transitive) to make dirty, soil, defile, sully
    Is beag an rud a shalaíonn stocaí bána.
    It is a little thing that dirties white stockings (i.e. it is easy to sully someone’s good reputation)
  2. (intransitive) to become dirty, become worse
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

salaigh

  1. inflection of salach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun edit

salaigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of sail
  2. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of salach

Mutation edit

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