síth

See also: sith, siþ, sìth, and síð

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish side, from Old Irish síd, from Proto-Celtic *sīdos (“mound (inhabited by fairies); peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēds, from *sed- (“to sit”). Doublet of sí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

Noun

síth f (genitive singular síthe)

1. peace

   Synonym: síocháin

   síth agus socracht ― peace and quiet

Declension

Declension of síth (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative síth sítha vocative a shíth a shítha genitive síthe síth dative síth sítha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsíth na sítha genitive na síthe na síth dative leis an tsíth don tsíth leis na sítha

Mutation

Mutated forms of síth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
síth	shíth after an, tsíth	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 síd, síth (‘peace’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language