sileacan

Irish

Etymology

From English silicon, from silica, from Latin silex (“flint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪlʲəkənˠ/

Noun

sileacan m (genitive singular sileacain)

1. silicon

Declension

Declension of sileacan

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sileacan Vocative a shileacain Genitive sileacain Dative sileacan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an sileacan Genitive an tsileacain Dative leis an sileacan don sileacan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sileacan	shileacan after an, tsileacan	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) “sileacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sileacan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sileacan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024