silín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ʃɪˈlʲiːnʲ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪlʲiːnʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪlʲinʲ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish sirín, silín, from Middle English chiri, variant of cheri.

Silíní.

Noun

silín m (genitive singular silín, nominative plural silíní)

1. cherry (fruit)

Derived terms

• crann silíní (“cherry-tree”)
• gort silíní (“cherry-orchard”)
• labhras silíní (“cherry laurel”)
• silín fiáin (“wild cherry, gean”)
• silíní searbha (“sour grapes”)

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

silín m (genitive singular silín, nominative plural silíní)

1. little drop, trickle, dribble
2. hanging, pendent, object

Derived terms

• silíní gruaige (“flowing tresses”)
• silín óir (“gold pendant”)

Declension

Declension of silín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative silín silíní vocative a shilín a shilíní genitive silín silíní dative silín silíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an silín na silíní genitive an tsilín na silíní dative leis an silín don silín leis na silíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of silín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
silín	shilín after an, tsilín	not applicable

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

References

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