saill
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).
Noun
editsaill f (genitive singular saille)
Declension
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Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- saillteacht f (“saltiness”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.
Verb
editsaill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)
- (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
- (figuratively, of speech) season
- (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation
edit* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
edit- iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
- saillteoir (“salter, curer”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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saill | shaill after an, tsaill |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *salnā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaill f (genitive saille)
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | saillL | — | — |
Vocative | saillL | — | — |
Accusative | saillN | — | — |
Genitive | sailleH | — | — |
Dative | saillL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
edit- saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)
Descendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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saill | ṡaill | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).
Noun
editsaill f (genitive singular saille)
Related terms
edit- sult m (“fat”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.
Verb
editsaill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)
Mutation
editradical | lenition |
---|---|
saill | shaill after "an", t-saill |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “saill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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