samail

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmaʔil/, [saˈma.ʔil̪]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧il

Noun

samáil (Basahan spelling ᜐᜋᜁᜎ᜔)

1. (anatomy, angry register) foot

   Synonyms: samingkil, singkil

See also

• bitis

 

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *samalis (“similitude, description”), cognate with Welsh hafal (“equal”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂el-ó- (“having the same upbringing”), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“with, together”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”) which also gave rise to Latin similis (“similar”) and Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “same, smooth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaṽɨlʲ]

Noun

samail f

1. verbal noun of samlaidir
2. likeness, similarity
3. description
4. simile, metaphor
5. (with following genitive or preceding possessive) that which something is to be likened to or is like
6. the like of, such a

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	samail	samailL	samlaiH
Vocative	samail	samailL	samlaiH
Accusative	samailN	samailL	samlaiH
Genitive	samloH, samlaH	samloH, samlaH	samlaeN
Dative	samailL	samlaib	samlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• samlaidir

Descendants

• Irish: samhail
• Scottish Gaelic: samhla

Preposition

samail

1. like, as

Derived terms

• amail

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “samail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language