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

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 síd, síth (‘peace’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language