Sile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sile"

English

Etymology

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

Proper noun

Sile

1. Alternative spelling of Sheila

Anagrams

• isle, Iles, Lise, leis, %iles, Elis, lies, slie, iles, Isle, ELIs, Leis

Irish

Etymology

From Quechua chiri, chili, from Mapudungun chilli (“where the land ends”).

Proper noun

an tSile f (genitive na Sile)

1. Chile (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Sile (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Sile vocative a Shile genitive Sile dative Sile forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSile genitive na Sile dative leis an tSile don tSile

Always with the definite article.

Derived terms

• Sileach (“Chilean”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sile	Shile after an, tSile	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Chile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Silis.

Proper noun

Sile m

1. A river in Veneto

Anagrams

• lesi, lise

Latin

Proper noun

Sile

1. vocative singular of Silus