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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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

References

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