seol

See also: seòl

Irish

Alternative forms

• seól (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃoːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃoːlˠ/, /ʃoːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːlˠ/, /ʃɔːl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)

1. (sailing) sail

   seol a ardú/thógáil ― to hoist sail

   seol a ísliú ― to lower sail

   seol a leagan ― to strike sail

2. (literary) covering, canopy
3. drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
4. (crafts) loom
5. (literary, uncountable) bed, couch

Declension

Declension of seol (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative seol seolta vocative a sheoil a sheolta genitive seoil seolta dative seol seolta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an seol na seolta genitive an tseoil na seolta dative leis an seol don seol leis na seolta

Derived terms

• bean seoil (“woman in childbirth”)
• leaba luí seoil (“childbed”)
• long seoil (“sailing ship”)
• luí seoil (“lying in”)
• péist an tseoil (“sail-fish”)
• ribín seoil (“reef-point, gasket”)
• seol bairr (“topsail”)
• seol cinn (“jib”)
• seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
• seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
• seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
• seol doininne (“storm-sail, trysail”)
• seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
• seol gearr (“shortened sail”)
• seol giortach (“shortened sail”)
• seol innill (“power-loom”)
• seol láimhe (“hand-loom”)
• seol mara (“tidal motion of sea”)
• seol mór (“mainsail”)
• seol spreoide (“sprit-sail”)
• seol stagh (“staysail”)
• seol tosaigh (“foresail”)
• seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
• soitheach seoil (“sailing vessel”)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish seólaid (“to sail”), from Old Irish séol (“sail”, noun).

Verb

seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)

1. sail

   Synonym: déan seoltóireacht

2. send, dispatch; direct, guide
3. address
4. conduct, handle

   Synonyms: láimhseáil, stiúir

5. (electricity, heat) conduct
6. (sailing) navigate

   Synonym: loingsigh

7. ship (of goods)
8. (book, CD) launch

   Synonym: lainseáil

Conjugation

conjugation of seol (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	seolaim	seolann tú; seolair†	seolann sé, sí	seolaimid	seolann sibh	seolann siad; seolaid†	a sheolann; a sheolas / a seolann*	seoltar
	past	sheol mé; sheolas	sheol tú; sheolais	sheol sé, sí	sheolamar; sheol muid	sheol sibh; sheolabhair	sheol siad; sheoladar	a sheol / ar sheol*	seoladh
	past habitual	sheolainn / seolainn‡‡	sheoltá / seoltᇇ	sheoladh sé, sí / seoladh sé, s퇇	sheolaimis; sheoladh muid / seolaimis‡‡; seoladh muid‡‡	sheoladh sibh / seoladh sibh‡‡	sheolaidís; sheoladh siad / seolaidís‡‡; seoladh siad‡‡	a sheoladh / a seoladh*	sheoltaí / seolta퇇
future		seolfaidh mé; seolfad	seolfaidh tú; seolfair†	seolfaidh sé, sí	seolfaimid; seolfaidh muid	seolfaidh sibh	seolfaidh siad; seolfaid†	a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas / a seolfaidh*	seolfar
conditional		sheolfainn / seolfainn‡‡	sheolfá / seolfᇇ	sheolfadh sé, sí / seolfadh sé, s퇇	sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid / seolfaimis‡‡; seolfadh muid‡‡	sheolfadh sibh / seolfadh sibh‡‡	sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad / seolfaidís‡‡; seolfadh siad‡‡	a sheolfadh / a seolfadh*	sheolfaí / seolfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go seola mé; go seolad†	go seola tú; go seolair†	go seola sé, sí	go seolaimid; go seola muid	go seola sibh	go seola siad; go seolaid†	—	go seoltar
	past	dá seolainn	dá seoltá	dá seoladh sé, sí	dá seolaimis; dá seoladh muid	dá seoladh sibh	dá seolaidís; dá seoladh siad	—	dá seoltaí
imperative		seolaim	seol	seoladh sé, sí	seolaimis	seolaigí; seolaidh†	seolaidís	—	seoltar
verbal noun		seoladh
past participle		seolta

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

Derived terms

• dosheolta (“unnavigable”, adjective)
• inseolta (“navigable”, adjective)
• seoladán (“conduit”)
• seoladh (“sailing”)
• seolaí (“addressee”)
• seoltach (“conductive”, adjective)
• seoltacht (“conductivity”)
• seoltóir (“sailor”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of seol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seol	sheol after an, tseol	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) “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024