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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish sillab, borrowed from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
siolla m (genitive singular siolla, nominative plural siollaí)
- syllable
- puff of wind
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| siolla
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shiolla
after an, tsiolla
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sillab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “siolla”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siolla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 700
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40