sílne

See also: silne, silné, silně, and silñe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sílne, from síl (“seed”).

Noun

sílne m (genitive singular sílne)

  1. (literary) sperm

Declension
Declension of sílne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative sílne
Vocative a shílne
Genitive sílne
Dative sílne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an sílne
Genitive an tsílne
Dative leis an sílne

don sílne

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From síl.

Noun

sílne m

  1. seminal fluid, seed, sperm
  2. (botany, rare) seed

Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sílne sílneL sílniL
Vocative sílni sílneL sílniu
Accusative sílneN sílneL sílniuH
Genitive sílniL sílneL sílneN
Dative sílniuL sílnib sílnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: sílne

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sílne ṡílne unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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