séol

See also: seol and seòl

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English seġl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲeːu̯l]

Noun

séol n (genitive siúil)

1. sail

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
vocative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
accusative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
genitive	siúilL	séol	séolN
dative	séolL	séolaib	séolaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: seól
  • Irish: seol
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
  • Manx: shiaull
• ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
  • Irish: seol
  • Manx: shiauill
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

Mutation

Mutation of séol

radical	lenition	nasalization
séol	ṡéol	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language