seileach (genitive singular masculine seiligh, genitive singular feminine seilí, plural seileacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | seileach | sheileach | seileacha; sheileacha² | |
| Vocative | sheiligh | seileacha | ||
| Genitive | seilí | seileacha | seileach | |
| Dative | seileach; sheileach¹ |
sheileach; sheiligh (archaic) |
seileacha; sheileacha² | |
| 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.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seileach | sheileach after an, tseileach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Irish sailech (“willow”) (compare Irish saileach), from Proto-Celtic *salixs (compare Welsh helyg), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”) (compare Latin salix).
seileach m (genitive singular seilich, plural seilichean or seilich)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| seileach | sheileach after "an", t-seileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |