soiléir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *soiléir (“clear, visible, obvious”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

soiléir (genitive singular masculine soiléir, genitive singular feminine soiléire, plural soiléire, comparative soiléire)

  1. clear, distinct; evident, obvious, plain
  2. easy
  3. unambiguous

Declension

Declension of soiléir
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative soiléir shoiléir soiléire;
shoiléire²
Vocative shoiléir soiléire
Genitive soiléire soiléire soiléir
Dative soiléir;
shoiléir¹ 		shoiléir soiléire;
shoiléire²
Comparative níos soiléire
Superlative is soiléire

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soiléir shoiléir
after an, tsoiléir 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14

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