seihll

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul, from Latin saeculum. Cognate with Irish saol and Scottish Gaelic saoghal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/, /sɯːl/, /siːl/

Noun

seihll m (genitive singular seihill, plural seihill)

1. lifetime

   Cha naik mee rieau y lhied ayns ooilley'n seihll aym.

   I never saw the like in my lifetime.

2. world

   Hug eh seose y Seihll.

   He relinquished the world.

   Eshyn as argid echey t'eh stiurey yn seihll.

   He who has money commands the world.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seihll	heihll after "yn", teihll	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.