sooill
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish súil, from Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle (“suns”), dual of *sūlos, genitive of *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sooill f (genitive singular sooilley, plural sooillyn)
Derived terms edit
- lagg-hooillagh (“hollow-eyed”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sooill | hooill after "yn", tooill |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||