salaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish salaigid; synchronically sail + -igh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɑl̪ˠɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈsˠalˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈsˠalˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠalˠi/

Verb

salaigh (present analytic salaíonn, future analytic salóidh, verbal noun salú, past participle salaithe)

  1. (transitive) to make dirty, soil, defile, sully
    Is beag an rud a shalaíonn stocaí bána.
    It is a little thing that dirties white stockings (i.e. it is easy to sully someone’s good reputation)
  2. (intransitive) to become dirty, become worse

Conjugation

Adjective

salaigh

  1. inflection of salach:
    1. vocative and genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

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

Further reading

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