sailleach

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Irish

Etymology

From saill +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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

  1. fatty, adipose

Declension

Declension of sailleach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sailleach shailleach sailleacha;
shailleacha2
vocative shailligh sailleacha
genitive 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of sailleach
radical lenition eclipsis
sailleach shailleach
after an, tsailleach 		not applicable

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

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