seile

See also: Seile and -seile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish saile (“sputum, spittle”) from Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛlʲə/

Noun

seile f (genitive singular seile, nominative plural seilí)

1. spit, spittle
2. saliva

Declension

Declension of seile (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative seile seilí vocative a sheile a sheilí genitive seile seilí dative seile seilí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tseile na seilí genitive na seile na seilí dative leis an tseile don tseile leis na seilí

Derived terms

• glas-seile (“water-brash”)
• seile (na) cuaiche (“cuckoo-spit”)
• seileach (“salivary”, adjective)
• seileadán (“spittoon”)
• seileog (“spit”)
• seiligh (“spit, expectorate”, intransitive verb)

Related terms

• seileagar (“saliva; (act of) dribbling at the mouth”)
• seileogach (“given to spitting; salivary”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seile	sheile after an, tseile	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 saile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “seile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Middle English

Noun

seile

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of sel (“happiness”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• segle (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Danish seile, older spelling of sejle, from Old Norse sigla, from Proto-Germanic *siglijaną.

Verb

seile (present tense seiler, past tense seilte, past participle seilt)

1. (nautical) to sail (travel in a boat or ship, especially by sail)

Derived terms

• seilbar
• seiler (noun)
• seiling

Related terms

• seil (noun)

References

• “seile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• sile

Etymology

From Old Irish saile (“sputum, spittle”) from Latin salīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃelə/

Noun

seile m (genitive singular seile, nominative plural seilean)

1. saliva, spittle
2. afterbirth

Derived terms

• fàireag-sheile (“saliva gland”)

Mutation

Mutation of seile

radical	lenition
seile	sheile after "an", t-seile

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “seile”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 saile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language