seall

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish sellaid, from Proto-Celtic *sil-n- (“to look”), of uncertain ultimate origin; compare Irish súil (“eye”),[1] as well as Old Irish solus (“bright, clear”) and Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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seall (past sheall, future seallaidh, verbal noun sealltainn, past participle seallte)

  1. look
  2. see
  3. show

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “sil-n”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “seall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page seall
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