Sligeach

See also: sligeach

Irish

Etymology

From sligeach (“shells; place abounding in shells”), from slige (“shell”).

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟa(x)/

Proper noun

Sligeach m (genitive Shligigh)

  1. Sligo

Declension
Declension of Sligeach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Sligeach
Vocative a Shligigh
Genitive Sligigh
Dative Sligeach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Sligeach
Genitive an tSligigh
Dative leis an Sligeach

don Sligeach

Derived terms
  • Contae Shligigh m (“County Sligo”)

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

Further reading
  • Entries containing “Sligeach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Sligeach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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