súil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish súil,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sūle (“two suns”), dual of *sāwūl (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
editNoun
editsúil f (genitive singular súile, nominative plural súile)
- eye
- hope, expectation [with le and person or thing expected or hoped for]
- Synonym: coinne
- Tá súil agam go... ― I hope that...
- Tá súil abhaile leat. ― You are expected home.
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- ag súil (“pregnant”, literally “expecting”)
- aonsúileach
- beoshúileach
- bileog shúile
- caipín súile
- casadh súl (“glance”)
- catsúil (“sidelong glance; ogle”)
- claonsúil
- déshúileach
- drochshúil (“evil eye”)
- fiarshúil
- gealacán súile
- leathshúil (“a single eye”)
- lia súl
- log súile (“eye socket”)
- maothán súile
- mórshúil
- péist an dá shúil déag (“lamprey”)
- púicshúileach
- sreangshúil
- súil dhubh (“black eye, shiner”)
- súil ribe
- súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”)
- súil-lia
- súilaibí (“keen-eyed, observant”)
- súilaithne
- súileach (“eyed, oculate; eye-like”)
- súileog (“(little) bubble, globule, bead; ocellus”)
- súilfhéachaint (“glance”)
- súilín
- tinneas súl
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
súil | shúil after an, tsúil |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 703
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “súil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “súil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *sūle, dual of *sāwūl (“sun”) (compare Welsh haul (“sun”), Breton heol (“sun”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsúil f (genitive súlo or súla, nominative plural súili)
- eye
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- Is déniu ad·ciam húa ṡúlib risíu ro·cloammar in fogur húa chluasaib, ut est is toísigiu ad·ciam teilciud in béla resíu ro·cloammar a guth sidi.
- We see more quickly with the eyes before we hear the sound with the ears, ut est we see the throwing of the axe sooner before we hear the sound of this.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- hope, expectation
Inflection
editFeminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | súil | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
Vocative | súil | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
Accusative | súilN | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
Genitive | súloH, súlaH | súloH, súlaH | súileN |
Dative | súilL | súilib, súlib | súilib, súlib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
súil | ṡúil | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- ga:Eye
- ga:Face
- ga:Vision
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
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- sga:Face