About this word

Sílim is the first person, singular, present tense of the regular verb síl, meaning think (in the sense of 'believing something to be so').

Note that the verb is combined with the subject pronoun mé.

Synonyms

Síl is essentially synonymous with ceap. Also with meas, although this implies a slightly greater sense of 'estimation' or 'assessment'.

The subject pronouns in Irish (conjunctive)

The subject of a sentence is the entity that performs the action of the verb. Thus, pronouns used in place of the subject are called subject pronouns.

• mé (not 'Mé'): I.*
• tú: you.
• sé: he; it (masculine).
• sí: she; it (feminine).
• sinn (Munster) / muid (Connacht ⁊ Ulster): we.*
• sibh: ye (plural).
• siad: they.

*But see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mé: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mé'.)
• Tá tú: you are.
• Tá sé: he / it is.
• Tá sí: she / it is.
• Tá muid: we are. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táimíd: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn'.)
• Tá sibh: ye are.
• Tá siad: they are.

The same subject pronouns' emphatic forms (conjunctive)

• mise (not 'Mise'): I.*
• tusa: you.
• seisean: he; it (masculine).
• sise: she; it (feminine).
• sinn-ne (Munster) / muide (Connacht) / muid-ne (Ulster; pronounced, roughly, 'mwij-ING-yi'): we.*
• sibh-se: ye (plural).
• siad-san: they.

*But again, see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mise: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim-se: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mise'.)
• Tá tusa: you are.
• Tá seisean: he / it is.
• Tá sise: she / it is.
• Tá muide: we are. (Connacht.)
• Táimíd-ne: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn-ne'.)
• Tá muid-ne: we are. (Ulster.)
• Tá sibh-se: ye are.
• Tá siad-san: they are.