síol
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish síl (“seed”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) (compare Latin sēmen (“seed”), Old English sāwan (“to sow”)).
The verb is from Old Irish sílaid.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsíol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)
- (agriculture, botany) seed
- (biology) semen, sperm
- Synonym: seamhan
- offspring, progeny, descendants; race
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- aimsir an tsíl (“seed-time”)
- coirce síl (“seed oats”)
- dul chun síl (“to go to seed”)
- oisre síl
- síol a chur (“to sow seed”)
- síol Choinn (“the race of Conn”)
- síol coirce (“oat-seed”)
- síol cruithneachta (“wheat-seed”)
- síol Eoghain (“the race of Eoghan”)
- síol eorna (“barley-seed”)
- síol féir (“grass seed; first crop of grass”)
- síol oisre
- síolach (“seedy”)
- síolta (“seeded”)
Verb
editsíol (present analytic síolann, future analytic síolfaidh, verbal noun síoladh, past participle síolta)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of síolaigh (“seed, sow; disseminate, spread”)
Conjugation
editconjugation of síol (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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síol | shíol after an, tsíol |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “síl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sílaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “síol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “síol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₁- (sow)
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Agriculture
- ga:Botany
- ga:Biology
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- ga:Bodily fluids