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saill

See also: sa'ill

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

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saill f (genitive singular saille)

  1. salted meat
  2. fatty meat, fat, lard
Declension
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Declension of saill

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative saill
Vocative a shaill
Genitive saille
Dative saill

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tsaill
Genitive na saille
Dative leis an tsaill

don tsaill

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

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saill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
  2. (figuratively, of speech) season
  3. (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation
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conjugation of saill (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present saillim sailleann tú;
saillir† 		sailleann sé, sí saillimid sailleann sibh sailleann siad;
saillid† 		a shailleann; a shailleas /
a sailleann* 		sailltear
past shaill mé; shailleas shaill tú; shaillis shaill sé, sí shailleamar; shaill muid shaill sibh; shailleabhair shaill siad; shailleadar a shaill /
ar shaill* 		sailleadh
past habitual shaillinn / saillinn‡‡ shaillteá / saillteᇇ shailleadh sé, sí / sailleadh sé, s퇇 shaillimis; shailleadh muid / saillimis‡‡; sailleadh muid‡‡ shailleadh sibh / sailleadh sibh‡‡ shaillidís; shailleadh siad / saillidís‡‡; sailleadh siad‡‡ a shailleadh /
a sailleadh* 		shailltí / saillt퇇
future saillfidh mé;
saillfead 		saillfidh tú;
saillfir† 		saillfidh sé, sí saillfimid;
saillfidh muid 		saillfidh sibh saillfidh siad;
saillfid† 		a shaillfidh; a shaillfeas /
a saillfidh* 		saillfear
conditional shaillfinn / saillfinn‡‡ shaillfeá / saillfeᇇ shaillfeadh sé, sí / saillfeadh sé, s퇇 shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid / saillfimis‡‡; saillfeadh muid‡‡ shaillfeadh sibh / saillfeadh sibh‡‡ shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad / saillfidís‡‡; saillfeadh siad‡‡ a shaillfeadh /
a saillfeadh* 		shaillfí / saillf퇇
subjunctive present go saille mé;
go saillead† 		go saille tú;
go saillir† 		go saille sé, sí go saillimid;
go saille muid 		go saille sibh go saille siad;
go saillid† 		— go sailltear
past dá saillinn dá saillteá dá sailleadh sé, sí dá saillimis;
dá sailleadh muid 		dá sailleadh sibh dá saillidís;
dá sailleadh siad 		— dá sailltí
imperative saillim saill sailleadh sé, sí saillimis sailligí;
saillidh† 		saillidís — sailltear
verbal noun sailleadh
past participle saillte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
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Mutation

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *salnā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saill f (genitive saille)

  1. salted meat, especially bacon

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative saillL — —
Vocative saillL — —
Accusative saillN — —
Genitive sailleH — —
Dative saillL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: saill
  • Manx: sahll
  • Scottish Gaelic: saill

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
saill ṡaill unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

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saill f (genitive singular saille)

  1. fat, grease, suet
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

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saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

  1. pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Mutation

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Mutation of saill
radical 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.

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