soilse

See also: Soilse

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠiːlʲʃə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠəil̠ʲʃə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʌl̠ʲʃə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish soilse (“brightness, light”).

Noun

soilse f or m (genitive singular soilse, nominative plural soilsí or soilseacha)

1. brightness, light
2. flash of lightning

Declension

Declension of soilse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative soilse soilsí vocative a shoilse a shoilsí genitive soilse soilsí dative soilse soilsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsoilse na soilsí genitive na soilse na soilsí dative leis an tsoilse don tsoilse leis na soilsí

Declension of soilse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative soilse soilseacha vocative a shoilse a shoilseacha genitive soilse soilseacha dative soilse soilseacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an soilse na soilseacha genitive an tsoilse na soilseacha dative leis an soilse don soilse leis na soilseacha

Derived terms

• Soilse
• soilse na súl

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

soilse m pl

1. plural of solas

Mutation

Mutated forms of soilse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
soilse	shoilse after an, tsoilse	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) “soilse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “soilse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “soilse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Irish

Etymology

From solus +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsol͈ʲsʲe/

Noun

soilse f

1. brightness. light
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22^b26

     Ná bíth i cobadlus doïb, ar atá torad la gnímu soilse .i. praemia aeterna ní ḟil immurgu acht infructuosa.

     Do not be in fellowship with them, for there is fruit with works of light, i.e. praemia aeterna. There is nothing [with works of darkness], however, save infructuosa.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 25^c6

     Hóre ammi maicc laí et soilse, ná seichem nahísiu.

     Since we are children of day and light, let us not follow these things.

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	soilseL	soilsiL	soilsi
vocative	soilseL	soilsiL	soilsi
accusative	soilsiN	soilsiL	soilsi
genitive	soilse	soilseL	soilseN
dative	soilsiL	soilsib	soilsib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

soilse

1. feminine genitive singular of solus

Mutation

Mutation of soilse

radical	lenition	nasalization
soilse	ṡoilse	unchanged

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