silteán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

silteán m (genitive singular silteáin, nominative plural silteáin)

  1. small drain or channel
    Synonyms: díog, draein
  2. rivulet, rill
  3. Alternative form of silteánach (“dead-and-alive person; thin, emaciated, person”)

Declension
Declension of silteán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative silteán silteáin
Vocative a shilteáin a shilteána
Genitive silteáin silteán
Dative silteán silteáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an silteán na silteáin
Genitive an tsilteáin na silteán
Dative leis an silteán

don silteán

 leis na silteáin

Derived terms
  • silteán draenála (“drainage gully”)

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

Further reading
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