sìol

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See also: síol and siół

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish síl (“seed (of plants and animals); cause, origin; race, progeny, descendants; offspring, breed; act of breeding”).

Noun[edit]

sìol m (genitive singular sìl, plural sìl)

  1. seed (various senses)
  2. brood, descendants, progeny
  3. lineage, breed, race, ancestry
  4. tribe, clan
  5. spawn, roe (of fish)
  6. corn
  7. oats
  8. sprat

Derived terms[edit]

  • cealla-sìl (“spermatozoon”)
  • sìolmhor (“prolific, fertile, generative, fruitful; abounding in seed; productive, substantial”)

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sìol”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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