siosach

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Irish

Etymology

sios (“hiss”, verb) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

siosach (genitive singular masculine siosaigh, genitive singular feminine siosaí, plural siosacha, comparative siosaí)

  1. (phonetics, etc.) hissing, sibilant

Declension

Declension of siosach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative siosach shiosach siosacha;
shiosacha2
vocative shiosaigh siosacha
genitive siosaí siosacha siosach
dative siosach;
shiosach1 		shiosach;
shiosaigh (archaic) 		siosacha;
shiosacha2
Comparative níos siosaí
Superlative is siosaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

siosach m (genitive singular siosaigh, nominative plural siosaigh)

  1. (phonetics) sibilant

Declension

Declension of siosach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative siosach siosaigh
vocative a shiosaigh a shiosacha
genitive siosaigh siosach
dative siosach siosaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an siosach na siosaigh
genitive an tsiosaigh na siosach
dative leis an siosach
don siosach 		leis na siosaigh
  • siosa m (“sibilance, hiss”)
  • siosaire m (“hisser; (inveterate) whisperer”)
  • siosarnach f (“(act of) hissing; whispering, rustling, sound”)
  • siosóg f (“hiss; whisper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siosach
radical lenition eclipsis
siosach shiosach
after an, tsiosach 		not applicable

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

References

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