Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish soilsigud.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

soilsiú m (genitive singular soilsithe)

  1. verbal noun of soilsigh
  2. illumination, lighting
  3. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Declension edit

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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soilsiú shoilsiú
after an, tsoilsiú
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ soilsiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soillsigud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 225, page 83

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