siubhal

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Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

siubhal m (genitive singular siubhail, nominative plural siubhalta)

  1. Superseded spelling of siúl.

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish sibal, verbal noun of siblaid (walks).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

siubhal m (genitive singular siubhail, plural siùbhlaichean)

  1. verbal noun of siubhail
  2. travel, travelling
  3. (euphemistic) death (of a person)
  4. (music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which held theme notes are coupled with a cut higher or lower note

Derived terms[edit]