seilf

Irish

seilf

Alternative forms

• seilp (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English shelf.

Noun

seilf f (genitive singular seilf, nominative plural seilfeanna)

1. shelf (“flat, rigid structure used to support, store or display objects”)

Declension

Declension of seilf

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative seilf seilfeanna Vocative a sheilf a sheilfeanna Genitive seilf seilfeanna Dative seilf seilfeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tseilf na seilfeanna Genitive na seilf na seilfeanna Dative leis an tseilf don tseilf leis na seilfeanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seilf	sheilf after an, tseilf	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) “seilf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN