síorghlas

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Irish

Etymology

From síor- +‎ glas (compare Manx sheer-ghlass).

Adjective

síorghlas (genitive singular masculine síorghlais, genitive singular feminine síorghlaise, plural síorghlasa, not comparable)

  1. evergreen

Declension

Declension of síorghlas
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative síorghlas shíorghlas síorghlasa;
shíorghlasa2
vocative shíorghlais síorghlasa
genitive síorghlaise síorghlasa síorghlas
dative síorghlas;
shíorghlas1 		shíorghlas;
shíorghlais (archaic) 		síorghlasa;
shíorghlasa2
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.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of síorghlas
radical lenition eclipsis
síorghlas shíorghlas
after an, tsíorghlas 		not applicable

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

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