saoil

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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saoil (present analytic saoileann, future analytic saoilfidh, verbal noun saoileadh, past participle saoilte)

  1. Alternative form of síl (to think; expect)
Conjugation
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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saoil

  1. genitive singular of saol

Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 143, page 73

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish saílid.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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saoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte)

  1. 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 tuif you think or judge
    C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu?Where do you think he has gone.
  2. seem

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Scottish 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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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “saoil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC