saorthoil

Irish

Etymology

From saor (“free”) +‎ toil (“will”).

Noun

saorthoil f (genitive singular saorthola)

1. (philosophy, religion) free will

Declension

Declension of saorthoil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative saorthoil vocative a shaorthoil genitive saorthola dative saorthoil forms with the definite article singular nominative an tsaorthoil genitive na saorthola dative leis an tsaorthoil don tsaorthoil

Related terms

• saorthoilteanach (“discretionary”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saorthoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saorthoil	shaorthoil after an, tsaorthoil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “saor-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 945; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “saorthoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN