síolaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish sílaigidir.[2] By surface analysis, síol + -aigh.

Verb

síolaigh (present analytic síolaíonn, future analytic síolóidh, verbal noun síolú, past participle síolaithe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to propagate (cause to continue or multiply by generation; produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants)
  2. to sow (disperse seeds), spread, seed
  3. to descend (proceed by generation or by transmission) [+ ó (object) = from]
  4. to breed, reproduce
  5. to disseminate (sow and scatter like seed; become scattered)

Conjugation

Mutation

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

References

  1. síolaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sílaigidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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