siosach

Irish

Etymology

sios (“hiss”, verb) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

siosach (genitive singular masculine siosaigh, genitive singular feminine siosaí, plural siosacha, comparative siosaí)

  1. (phonetics, etc.) hissing, sibilant

Declension
Declension of siosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative siosach shiosach siosacha;
shiosacha²
Vocative shiosaigh siosacha
Genitive siosaí siosacha siosach
Dative siosach;
shiosach¹		 shiosach;
shiosaigh (archaic)		 siosacha;
shiosacha²
Comparative níos siosaí
Superlative is siosaí

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

Noun

siosach m (genitive singular siosaigh, nominative plural siosaigh)

  1. (phonetics) sibilant

Declension
Declension of siosach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative siosach siosaigh
Vocative a shiosaigh a shiosacha
Genitive siosaigh siosach
Dative siosach siosaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an siosach na siosaigh
Genitive an tsiosaigh na siosach
Dative leis an siosach

don siosach

 leis na siosaigh
  • siosa m (“sibilance, hiss”)
  • siosaire m (“hisser; (inveterate) whisperer”)
  • siosarnach f (“(act of) hissing; whispering, rustling, sound”)
  • siosóg f (“hiss; whisper”)

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

References
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