sliogánach

Irish

Etymology

From sliogán (“shell”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sliogánach (genitive singular masculine sliogánaigh, genitive singular feminine sliogánaí, plural sliogánacha, not comparable)

shelled, testaceous

Declension

Declension of sliogánach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	sliogánach	shliogánach	sliogánacha; shliogánacha²
Vocative	shliogánaigh	shliogánach	sliogánacha
Genitive	shliogánaigh	sliogánaí	sliogánacha	sliogánach
Dative	sliogánach; shliogánach¹	shliogánach; shliogánaigh (archaic)	sliogánacha; shliogánacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

iasc sliogánach (“shellfish”)

Noun

sliogánach m (genitive singular sliogánaigh, nominative plural sliogánaigh)

(zoology) testacean

Declension

Declension of sliogánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sliogánach	sliogánaigh
Vocative	a shliogánaigh	a shliogánacha
Genitive	sliogánaigh	sliogánach
Dative	sliogánach	sliogánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sliogánach	na sliogánaigh
Genitive	an tsliogánaigh	na sliogánach
Dative	leis an sliogánach don sliogánach	leis na sliogánaigh

Mutation

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

References

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