sooill

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish súil, from Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle (“suns”), dual of *sūlos, genitive of *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːlʲ/

Noun

sooill f (genitive singular sooilley, plural sooillyn)

1. eye

Derived terms

• lagg-hooillagh (“hollow-eyed”, adjective)