saillte

Irish

Participle

saillte

1. past participle of saill

Mutation

Mutated forms of saillte

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saillte	shaillte after an, tsaillte	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal̠ʲt̠ʲə/

Participle

saillte

1. past participle of saillid

Adjective

saillte

1. salted, pickled
2. salty, briny

Derived terms

• sailltecht

Mutation

Mutation of saillte

radical	lenition	nasalization
saillte	ṡaillte	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saillte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language