síol

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See also: sìol and siół

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish síl (seed),[1] from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (to sow) (compare Latin sēmen (seed), Old English sāwan (to sow)).

The verb is from Old Irish sílaid.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

síol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)

  1. (agriculture, botany) seed
  2. (biology) semen, sperm
    Synonym: seamhan
  3. offspring, progeny, descendants; race

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

síol (present analytic síolann, future analytic síolfaidh, verbal noun síoladh, past participle síolta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of síolaigh (seed, sow; disseminate, spread)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sílaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

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