súil

See also: sùil

Irish

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): /sˠuːlʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠuːl/

Noun

súil f (genitive singular súile, nominative plural súile)

  1. eye
  2. (with le plus the person or thing expected or hoped for)
    1. hope
      Tá súil agam go... ― I hope that...
    2. expectation
      Tá súil abhaile leat. ― You are expected home.
      Synonym: coinne

Declension
Declension of súil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative súil súile
Vocative a shúil a shúile
Genitive súile súl
Dative súil súile

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsúil na súile
Genitive na súile na súl
Dative leis an tsúil

don tsúil

 leis na súile

Derived terms
  • ag súil (“pregnant”, literally “expecting”)
  • aonsúileach (“one-eyed”, adjective)
  • beoshúileach (“quick-eyed”, adjective)
  • bileog shúile (“eyepatch”)
  • caipín súile (“eyelid”)
  • casadh súl (“glance”)
  • catsúil (“sidelong glance; ogle”)
  • claonsúil (“ogling eye; cross-eye, squint”)
  • déshúileach (“binocular”, adjective)
  • gealacán súile (“sclera, white of the eye”)
  • lia súl, súil-lia (“oculist”)
  • log súile (“eye socket”)
  • maothán súile (“haw, third eyelid”)
  • mórshúil (“great expectation”)
  • péist an dá shúil déag (“lamprey”)
  • púicshúileach (“sunken-eyed”, adjective)
  • sreangshúil (“bloodshot eye”)
  • súilaibí (“keen-eyed, observant”, adjective)
  • súil dhubh (“black eye, shiner”)
  • súileach (“eyed, oculate; eye-like”, adjective)
  • súileog (“(little) bubble, globule, bead; ocellus”)
  • súilfhéachaint (“glance”)
  • súilín (“eyelet; bead, bubble, globule; little darling”)
  • súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”, adjective)
  • tinneas súl (“eye trouble”)
  • súilaithne

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

Further reading
  • "súil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “súil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “súil” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “súil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “súil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle, dual of *sūlos (“sun”), genitive of *sāwol (“sun”) (compare Welsh haul (“sun”), Breton heol (“sun”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suːlʲ/

Noun

súil f (genitive súlo or súla, nominative plural súili)

  1. eye
  2. hope, expectation

Inflection
Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative súil súilL súiliH
Vocative súil súilL súiliH
Accusative súilN súilL súiliH
Genitive súlo, súlaH súlo, súlaL súileN
Dative súilL súilibN súilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • súilech
  • súilid
  • súilige

Descendants

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

Further reading
  • “súil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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