saoil
Irish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsaoil (present analytic saoileann, future analytic saoilfidh, verbal noun saoileadh, past participle saoilte)
- Alternative form of síl (“to think; expect”)
Conjugation
editconjugation of saoil (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saílid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “saoilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 592
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠeːlʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form saoghail)
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠiːlʲ/
Noun
editsaoil
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saoil | shaoil after an, tsaoil |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 143, page 73
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsaoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte)
- suppose, think (=believe), imagine
- Shaoil mi. ― I thought. I believed (that). I imagined.
- An saoil thu? ― Do you think?
- Shaoileadh duine. ― One should suppose.
- Shaoil e gur e nàmhaid a bh' ann. ― He thought he was an enemy.
- Nach saoil thu? ― Do you not think?
- ma shaoileas tu ― if you think or judge
- C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu? ― Where do you think he has gone.
- seem
Synonyms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
saoil | shaoil after "an", t-saoil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic verbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples