síofrógach

Irish

Etymology

From síofróg (“elf-woman, fairy; enchantress”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

síofrógach (genitive singular masculine síofrógaigh, genitive singular feminine síofrógaí, plural síofrógacha, comparative síofrógaí)

  1. elfin, fairy-like
    Synonym: síofrach
  2. practising charms, bewitching

Declension
Declension of síofrógach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative síofrógach shíofrógach síofrógacha;
shíofrógacha²
Vocative shíofrógaigh síofrógacha
Genitive síofrógaí síofrógacha síofrógach
Dative síofrógach;
shíofrógach¹		 shíofrógach;
shíofrógaigh (archaic)		 síofrógacha;
shíofrógacha²
Comparative níos síofrógaí
Superlative is síofrógaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
síofrógach shíofrógach
after an, tsíofrógach		 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) “síofrógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “elfin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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