saill
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).
Noun edit
saill f (genitive singular saille)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- saillteacht f (“saltiness”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.
Verb edit
saill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)
- (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
- (figuratively, of speech) season
- (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms edit
- iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
- saillteoir (“salter, curer”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saill | shaill after an, tsaill |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *salnā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saill f (genitive saille)
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | saillL | — | — |
Vocative | saillL | — | — |
Accusative | saillN | — | — |
Genitive | sailleH | — | — |
Dative | saillL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
- saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
saill | ṡaill | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).
Noun edit
saill f (genitive singular saille)
Related terms edit
- sult m (“fat”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.
Verb edit
saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
saill | shaill after "an", t-saill |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “saill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language