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silín

silín

Irish

Noun

silín m ‎(genitive singular silín, nominative plural silíní)

cherry (fruit)

Derived terms

Terms derived from silín

crann silíní ‎(“cherry-tree”)
gort silíní ‎(“cherry-orchard”)

labhras silíní ‎(“cherry laurel”)
silín fiáin ‎(“wild cherry, gean”)

silíní searbha ‎(“sour grapes”)

Etymology 2

Noun

silín m ‎(genitive singular silín, nominative plural silíní)

little drop, trickle, dribble
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	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"silín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“sirín, silín” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.