sibal

See also: Sibal and šibal

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕiβəl/

Noun

sibal m

1. verbal noun of siblaid
2. walk, progress, journey
3. walking, travelling, moving
4. (military) expedition, incursion
5. gait
6. power of motion

Descendants

• Irish: siúl
• Manx: shooyl
• Scottish Gaelic: siubhal

Mutation

Mutation of sibal

radical	lenition	nasalization
sibal	ṡibal	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “sibal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language