Sligeach

See also: sligeach

Irish

Etymology

From sligeach (“shells; place abounding in shells”), from slige (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɪɟa(x)/

Proper noun

Sligeach m (genitive Shligigh)

1. Sligo (the county town of County Sligo, Ireland)
2. Sligo (a county of Ireland)

   Synonym: Contae Shligigh

Declension

Declension of Sligeach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sligeach Vocative a Shligigh Genitive Sligigh Dative Sligeach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Sligeach Genitive an tSligigh Dative leis an Sligeach don Sligeach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sligeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Sligeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024