séol

See also: seol and seòl

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English seġl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲeːu̯l]

Noun

séol n (genitive siúil)

1. sail

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
Vocative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
Accusative	séolN	séolN	séolL, séola
Genitive	siúilL	séol	séolN
Dative	séolL	séolaib	séolaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: seól
  • Irish: seol
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòl
  • Manx: shiaull
• ⇒ Middle Irish: seólaid
  • Irish: seol
  • Manx: shiauill
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòl

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
séol	ṡéol	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language