saorthoil

Irish

Etymology

From saor (“free”) +‎ toil (“will”).

Noun

saorthoil f (genitive singular saorthola)

1. (philosophy) free will

Declension

Declension of saorthoil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saorthoil vocative a shaorthoil genitive saorthola dative saorthoil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaorthoil genitive na saorthola dative leis an tsaorthoil don tsaorthoil

Related terms

• saorthoilteanach (“discretionary”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saorthoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saorthoil	shaorthoil after an, tsaorthoil	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saorthoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN