saoghal

Irish

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, nominative plural saoghalta)

Declension of saoghal (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an saoghal	na saoghalta
genitive	an tsaoghail	na saoghalta
dative	leis an saoghal don saoghal	leis na saoghalta

Mutated forms of *saoghal*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
saoghal	shaoghal after an, tsaoghal	not applicable

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

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

(Lewis, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɯːvəl̪ˠ/, /ˈs̪ɯː.əl̪ˠ/^[1], [ˈs̪ɯː˧˥vəl̪ˠ˥˩]^[2] (corresponding to the form saobhal)
(Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/^[3]
(Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/, /ˈs̪ɯːɣəl̪ˠ/^[4]
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɯː.ul̪ˠ/^[5]

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, plural saoghalan)

world, universe, earth
air feadh an t-saoghail ― throughout the world

Càit air an t-saoghal an robh sibh? ― Where on earth were you?
life, lifetime
fad do shaoghail ― during your lifetime

Ma gheibh mi saoghal, nì mi mo dhìcheall a bhith nam dhuine math. ― If I survive, I’ll try to be a good person.
(dated) age, generation
droch shaoghal ― bad times
(dated) means, subsistence, riches, occupation

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation of *saoghal*
radical	lenition
saoghal	shaoghal after "an", t-saoghal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎^[1], Manchester: University of Manchester
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN