sail

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Irish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophones: sale

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English seġel, from Proto-Germanic *segla, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“‘to cut’”).

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sail (plural sails)

1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
3. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

   Let's go for a sail.

4. The blade of a windmill.
5. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
6. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
7. (fishing) A sailfish.

   We caught three sails today.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English seġlian

[edit] Verb

to sail (third-person singular simple present sails, present participle sailing, simple past and past participle sailed)

1. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
2. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
3. To move briskly.

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• ails

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sail

1. area

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sail f.

1. dirt

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Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sail Vocative a shail Genitive saile Dative sail

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsail Genitive na saile Dative leis an tsail don tsail