seol

See also: seòl

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seól (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish séol (sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way), borrowed from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)

  1. (sailing) sail
  2. (literary) covering, canopy
  3. drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
  4. (crafts) loom
  5. (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
Derived terms
  • bean seoil (woman in childbirth)
  • leaba luí seoil (childbed)
  • long seoil (sailing-ship)
  • luí seoil (lying in)
  • péist an tseoil (sail-fish)
  • ribín seoil (reef-point, gasket)
  • seol a ardú, seol a thógáil (to hoist sail)
  • seol a ísliú, seol a leagan (to lower, strike, sail)
  • seol bairr (topsail)
  • seol cinn (jib)
  • seol cleithe (gaff-sail)
  • seol deiridh (mizzen-sail)
  • seol dobróin (pall of sorrow)
  • seol doininne, seol gaoithe móire (storm-sail, trysail)
  • seol gearr, seol giortach (shortened sail)
  • seol innill (power-loom)
  • seol láimhe (hand-loom)
  • seol mara (tidal motion of sea)
  • seol mór (mainsail)
  • seol spreoide (sprit-sail)
  • seol stagh (staysail)
  • seol tosaigh (foresail)
  • soitheach seoil (sailing-vessel)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish séolaid (sails, steers; launches, casts; sends, dispatches; shows the way, guides; directs, trains, teaches; advances, proceeds; instructs), from séol (sail, noun).

Verb

seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. sail
  2. send, dispatch; direct, guide
  3. address
  4. conduct, handle
  5. (electricity, heat) conduct
  6. (sailing) navigate
  7. (of goods) ship
  8. (book, CD) launch
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (sail): déan seoltóireacht
  • (conduct, handle): láimhseáil, stiúir
  • (navigate): loingsigh
  • (launch): lainseáil
Derived terms
  • seoléadach (sailcloth)
  • seoladán (conduit)
  • seoladh (sailing, sail; course, direction; guidance; dispatch; opening statement; address; conduction)
  • seoltóir (sailor; sender, remitter; drover; conductor)

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • "seol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • séol” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • séolaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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