sílne

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See also: silne, silné, silně, and silñe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sílne, from síl (“seed”).

Noun

sílne m (genitive singular sílne)

  1. (literary) sperm

Declension

Declension of sílne (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative sílne
vocative a shílne
genitive sílne
dative sílne
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an sílne
genitive an tsílne
dative leis an sílne
don sílne

Mutation

Mutated forms of sílne
radical lenition eclipsis
sílne shílne
after an, tsílne 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Etymology

From síl.

Noun

sílne m

  1. seminal fluid, seed, sperm
  2. (botany, rare) seed

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sílne sílneL sílniL
Vocative sílni sílneL sílniu
Accusative sílneN sílneL sílniuH
Genitive sílniL sílneL sílneN
Dative sílniuL sílnib sílnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: sílne

Mutation

Mutation of sílne
radical lenition nasalization
sílne ṡílne unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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