seilide
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish seilche (“snail”), from Old Irish selige (“animal with a shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”), see also English steal, Old Armenian սողիմ (sołim, “to creep”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
seilide m (genitive singular seilide, nominative plural seilidí)
- snail, slug (any animal of the class Gastropoda with or without a shell)
Declension edit
Declension of seilide
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- seilide drúchta (“slug”)
- seilide garraí (“garden snail”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
seilide | sheilide after an, tseilide |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seilide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seilide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 900, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 900
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “seilide” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “seilide” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.