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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)
- clear, distinct; evident, obvious, plain
- easy
- unambiguous
Declension
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
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| soiléir
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shoiléir
after an, tsoiléir
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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
- “soiléir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiléir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 670
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soiléir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “clear”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soiléir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38