sliogánach

Irish

Etymology

From sliogán (“shell”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

sliogánach (genitive singular masculine sliogánaigh, genitive singular feminine sliogánaí, plural sliogánacha, not comparable)

  1. shelled, testaceous

Declension
Declension of sliogánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative sliogánach shliogánach sliogánacha;
shliogánacha²
Vocative shliogánaigh sliogánacha
Genitive sliogánaí sliogánacha sliogánach
Dative sliogánach;
shliogánach¹		 shliogánach;
shliogánaigh (archaic)		 sliogánacha;
shliogánacha²
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
  • iasc sliogánach (“shellfish”)

Noun

sliogánach m (genitive singular sliogánaigh, nominative plural sliogánaigh)

  1. (zoology) testacean

Declension
Declension of sliogánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sliogánach sliogánaigh
Vocative a shliogánaigh a shliogánacha
Genitive sliogánaigh sliogánach
Dative sliogánach sliogánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sliogánach na sliogánaigh
Genitive an tsliogánaigh na sliogánach
Dative leis an sliogánach

don sliogánach

 leis na sliogánaigh

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

References
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