samail

Bikol Central

samáil (Basahan spelling ᜐᜋᜁᜎ᜔)

From Proto-Celtic *samalis (“similitude, description”), cognate with Welsh hafal (“equal”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂el-ó- (“having the same upbringing”), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“with, together”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”)^[2] which also gave rise to Latin similis (“similar”) and Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “same, smooth”)

samail f

verbal noun of samlaidir
likeness, similarity
description
simile, metaphor
(with following genitive or preceding possessive) that which something is to be likened to or is like
the like of, such a

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	samail	samail^L	samlai^H
Vocative	samail	samail^L	samlai^H
Accusative	samail^N	samail^L	samlai^H
Genitive	samlo^H, samla^H	samlo^H, samla^H	samlae^N
Dative	samail^L	samlaib	samlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

samail

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
samail	ṡamail	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “Samali-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 726