síl

See also: sil, SIL, Sil, sìl, şil, and s'il

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʊiːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʊiːl

Noun

síl n (genitive singular síls, plural síl)

  1. (zoology) trout

Declension
Declension of síl
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative síl sílið síl sílini
accusative síl sílið síl sílini
dative síli sílinum sílum sílunum
genitive síls sílsins síla sílanna

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saílid; cognate with Scottish Gaelic saoil.

Alternative forms

Verb

síl (present analytic síleann, future analytic sílfidh, verbal noun síleadh, past participle sílte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) think, consider
  2. (transitive) expect, intend
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present sílim síleann tú;
sílir†		 síleann sé, sí sílimid síleann sibh síleann siad;
sílid†		 a shíleann; a shíleas /
a síleann*; a síleas*		 síltear
past shíl mé; shíleas shíl tú; shílis shíl sé, sí shíleamar; shíl muid shíl sibh; shíleabhair shíl siad; shíleadar a shíl /
ar shíl*		 síleadh
past habitual shílinn / sílinn‡‡ shílteá / sílteᇇ shíleadh sé, sí / síleadh sé, s퇇 shílimis; shíleadh muid / sílimis‡‡; síleadh muid‡‡ shíleadh sibh / síleadh sibh‡‡ shílidís; shíleadh siad / sílidís‡‡; síleadh siad‡‡ a shíleadh /
a síleadh*		 shíltí / sílt퇇
future sílfidh mé;
sílfead		 sílfidh tú;
sílfir†		 sílfidh sé, sí sílfimid;
sílfidh muid		 sílfidh sibh sílfidh siad;
sílfid†		 a shílfidh; a shílfeas /
a sílfidh*; a sílfeas*		 sílfear
conditional shílfinn / sílfinn‡‡ shílfeá / sílfeᇇ shílfeadh sé, sí / sílfeadh sé, s퇇 shílfimis; shílfeadh muid / sílfimis‡‡; sílfeadh muid‡‡ shílfeadh sibh / sílfeadh sibh‡‡ shílfidís; shílfeadh siad / sílfidís‡‡; sílfeadh siad‡‡ a shílfeadh /
a sílfeadh*		 shílfí / sílf퇇
subjunctive present go síle mé;
go sílead†		 go síle tú;
go sílir†		 go síle sé, sí go sílimid;
go síle muid		 go síle sibh go síle siad;
go sílid†		 — go síltear
past dá sílinn dá sílteá dá síleadh sé, sí dá sílimis;
dá síleadh muid		 dá síleadh sibh dá sílidís;
dá síleadh siad		 — dá síltí
imperative sílim síl síleadh sé, sí sílimis síligí;
sílidh†		 sílidís — síltear
verbal noun síleadh
past participle sílte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

Noun

síl m

  1. genitive singular of síol

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

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) (compare Latin sēmen (“seed”), Old English sāwan (“to sow”)).

Noun

síl m or n

  1. (botany, agriculture) seed
  2. cause, origin
  3. (biology) semen
  4. race, progeny, descendants; offspring, breed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • sílach (“seed”)
  • sílaid, sílaigthid, sílem (“sower”)
  • sílaige (“disseminator”)
  • sílaigidir, sílaid (“sows; causes, brings about, produces; disseminates, spreads abroad, publishes; generates, multiplies, propagates; spreads, scatters; breeds; springs, takes issue, is generated; spreads, multiplies”)
  • sílne (“seminal fluid, seed, sperm”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
síl ṡíl unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Compare Old Norse síld.

Noun

síl n

  1. herring

Descendants

References
  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  • Gerhard Köbler, Altnordisches Wörterbuch
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