saoghal

Irish

Noun

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, nominative plural saoghalta)

  1. superseded spelling of saol

Declension

Declension of saoghal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saoghal saoghalta
vocative a shaoghail a shaoghalta
genitive saoghail saoghalta
dative saoghal saoghalta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saoghal na saoghalta
genitive an tsaoghail na saoghalta
dative leis an saoghal
don saoghal 		leis na saoghalta

Mutation

Mutated forms of saoghal
radical lenition eclipsis
saoghal shaoghal
after an, tsaoghal 		not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɯːvəl̪ˠ/, /ˈs̪ɯː.əl̪ˠ/[1], [ˈs̪ɯː˧˥vəl̪ˠ˥˩][2] (corresponding to the form saobhal)
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɯˑ.əl̪ˠ/, /ˈs̪ɯːɣəl̪ˠ/[4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɯː.ul̪ˠ/[5]

Noun

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, plural saoghalan)

  1. world, universe, earth
    air feadh an t-saoghail ― throughout the world
    Càit air an t-saoghal an robh sibh? ― Where on earth were you?
  2. life, lifetime
    fad do shaoghail ― during your lifetime
    Ma gheibh mi saoghal, nì mi mo dhìcheall a bhith nam dhuine math. ― If I survive, I’ll try to be a good person.
  3. (dated) age, generation
    droch shaoghal ― bad times
  4. (dated) means, subsistence, riches, occupation

Declension

Declension of saoghal (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative saoghal saoghalan
genitive saoghail shaoghalan
dative saoghal saoghalan; saoghalaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) saoghal (na) saoghalan
genitive (an) t-saoghail (nan) saoghalan
dative (an) t-saoghal (na) saoghalan; saoghalaibh✝
vocative shaoghail shaoghalan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of saoghal
radical lenition
saoghal shaoghal
after "an", t-saoghal

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Donald A. Morrison (2020) Modularity and stratification in phonology: Evidence from Scottish Gaelic (Thesis)‎[1], Manchester: University of Manchester
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “saoghal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “saobhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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