seòl

See also: seol and séol

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish séol (“sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way”), a borrowing from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-West Germanic *segl.

The verb is from Middle Irish seólaid.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːl̪ˠ/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ʃɛɔːl̪ˠ/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ʃeɔːl̪ˠ/

Noun

seòl m (genitive singular siùil, plural siùil)

1. sail

Derived terms

• prìomh-sheòl (“mainsail”)

Verb

seòl (past sheòl, future seòlaidh, verbal noun seòladh, past participle seòlta)

1. sail, cruise
2. aim, direct, guide, instruct, direct, govern
3. navigate

Conjugation

Participles

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' seòladh	--
Past	sheòl	sheòladh
Future	seòlaidh	seòlar
Conditional	sheòladh	sheòltadh

Derived terms

• iom-sheòl (“circumnavigate”)
• mì-sheòl (“mislead, misguide, misdirect”)
• seòladair (“sailor; navigator; sender”)

Mutation

Mutation of seòl

radical	lenition
seòl	sheòl after "an", t-seòl

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