silteán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

silteán m (genitive singular silteáin, nominative plural silteáin)

1. small drain or channel

   Synonyms: díog, draein

2. rivulet, rill
3. Alternative form of silteánach (“dead-and-alive person; thin, emaciated, person”)

Declension

Declension of silteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative silteán silteáin Vocative a shilteáin a shilteána Genitive silteáin silteán Dative silteán silteáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an silteán na silteáin Genitive an tsilteáin na silteán Dative leis an silteán don silteán leis na silteáin

Derived terms

• silteán draenála (“drainage gully”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
silteán	shilteán after an, tsilteán	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) “silteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “silteán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “silteán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.