saule

See also: saulė, saulę, saulē, Saule, Säule, Saulē, and Saulė

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

saule (plural saules)

1. Obsolete form of soul.
   • 1802, “Lyke-Wake Dirge”, in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Walter Scott:

     To purgatory fire thou comest at laste ; And Christe receive thye saule.

2. (Scotland, obsolete) A hired mourner at a funeral.

Anagrams

• EULAs, Laues, esaul

French

Etymology

From Middle French saule, from Old French saule (“willow”), from Gaulish salico (“willow”), from Proto-Celtic *salik, from Proto-Indo-European *salǝḱ-, *salǝk- (“willow”). Cognate with Old High German salaha (“willow”), Old English sealh (“willow”), Latin salix (“willow, willow branch”), Middle Irish sail (“willow”). More at sallow.

Old French saule displaced Old French sauz (“willow”), from Latin salix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sol/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Homophone: saules

Noun

saule m (plural saules)

1. willow, willow tree

Derived terms

• saule fragile
• saule pleureur

Further reading

• “saule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• salue, salué

Latgalian

Saule.

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ. Cognates include Latvian saule and Lithuanian saulė.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsàu̯lʲæ]
• Hyphenation: sau‧le

Noun

saule f (diminutive sauleite)

1. sun

Declension

Declension of saule (type 5 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	saule	saulis, saules1)
genitive	saulis, saules1)	sauļu
dative	saulei	saulem, sauļom1)
accusative	sauli	saulis, saules1)
instrumental	sauli	saulem, sauļom1)
locative	saulē, saulī1)	saulēs, sauļuos1)
vocative	saule, sauļ	saulis, saules1)
1) dialectal

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 11

Latvian

Saules sistēma

Alternative forms

• Saule

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sāūle]

Noun

saule f (5th declension)

1. sun (the star at the center of the Solar System, from which light and heat reach the Earth)

   saule spīd ― the sun is shining

   rīta, vakara, vasaras saule ― morning, evening, summer sun

   saule lec, riet ― the sun rises, sets

   saules lēkts, riets ― sunrise, sunset

   celties līdz ar sauli ― to rise with the sun (= early)

   saules stari, gaisma, siltums ― sun beams, light, heat

   saules sistēma ― Solar System

   saules aptumsums ― solar eclipse

   saules vējš ― solar wind

   saules plankumi ― sun spots

   saules enerģija ― solar energy

2. sun, sunlight (the light and heat that comes from the sun; area reached by this light and heat)

   sildīties saulē ― to bask in the sun

   istabā nav saules ― in the room there is no sun

   kaktusiem vajadzīgs daudz saules ― cactuses need much sun

   acis žilbst saulē ― eyes are dazzled in the sun

   atlaisties saulē ― to sit in the sun

3. (poetic) world

   šajā saulē dzivot ― to live in this world

   aiziet viņā saulē ― to go away from this world, to die

Usage notes

When used to refer to the central star of the Solar System, especially if seen as a location, saule is often capitalized: Saule.

Declension

Declension of saule (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	saule	saules
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sauli	saules
genitive (ģenitīvs)	saules	sauļu
dative (datīvs)	saulei	saulēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sauli	saulēm
locative (lokatīvs)	saulē	saulēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	saule	saules

Derived terms

• aizsaule
• pasaule
• saulains
• saulesbrilles, saules brilles
• saules sistēma
• saules vējš
• sauļup

Related terms

• sauļot, sauļoties

References

• saule at tezaurs.lv

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑulɛ/

Noun

saule

1. instrumental singular of saulė
2. vocative singular of saulė

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French saoulee, soûlée, past participle of saouler, soûler; compare sauled.

Alternative forms

• saulee, sauly, sawle, sawlee, sawli, soule

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sau̯ˈleː/, /ˈsau̯leː/

Noun

saule (uncountable)

1. One's fill; a sufficient amount of food.

References

• “saulẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

saule

1. Alternative form of sowel (“staff, stake”)

Etymology 3

Noun

saule

1. (chiefly Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of soule