seilf

seilf

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English shelf.

Noun

seilf f (genitive singular seilf, nominative plural seilfeanna)

  1. shelf (“flat, rigid structure used to support, store or display objects”)

Declension

Declension of seilf (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seilf seilfeanna
vocative a sheilf a sheilfeanna
genitive seilf seilfeanna
dative seilf seilfeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tseilf na seilfeanna
genitive na seilf na seilfeanna
dative leis an tseilf
don tseilf 		leis na seilfeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of seilf
radical lenition eclipsis
seilf sheilf
after an, tseilf 		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), “seilf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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