sáile

See also: saile and säile

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɑːlʲə/, /ˈsˠaːlʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sál, sáile.[2][3]

Noun

sáile m (genitive singular sáile)

  1. salt water, seawater, brine
  2. the sea
Declension
Declension of sáile (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sáile
vocative a sháile
genitive sáile
dative sáile
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sáile
genitive an tsáile
dative leis an sáile
don sáile
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish sádaile (“ease, comfort, repose”).[4]

Noun

sáile f (genitive singular sáile)

  1. ease, comfort
  2. self-indulgence
  3. luxuriant growth
Declension
Declension of sáile (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sáile
vocative a sháile
genitive sáile
dative sáile
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tsáile
genitive na sáile
dative leis an tsáile
don tsáile
Alternative forms

Further reading

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sáile

  1. inflection of sáil:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Noun

sáile f

  1. genitive singular of sáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáile
radical lenition eclipsis
sáile sháile
after an, tsáile 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 283, page 100
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sádaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaːlʲe]

Noun

sáile m

  1. alternative form of sál (“saltwater”)

Noun

sáile

  1. genitive singular of sál (“heel”)

Mutation

Mutation of sáile
radical lenition nasalization
sáile ṡáile sáile

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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