siúl

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish sibal, verbal noun of siblaid (to walk).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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siúl m (genitive singular as substantive siúil, genitive as verbal noun siúlta, nominative plural siúlta)

  1. verbal noun of siúil
  2. ability to walk
  3. gait
  4. a walk

Declension

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As noun
As verbal noun

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
siúl shiúl
after an, tsiúl
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sibal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 352, page 121

Further reading

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