saol

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠeːl̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠiːlˠ/, /sˠiːl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠiːlˠ/, /sˠiːl̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɯːlˠ/; (less common) /sˠeːlˠ/, /sˠeːl̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɤːlˠ/[3]

Noun

saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)

  1. life, lifetime
  2. world
    an saol mór ― the whole world; all people, everyone

Declension

Declension of saol (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative saol saolta
vocative a shaoil a shaolta
genitive saoil saolta
dative saol saolta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an saol na saolta
genitive an tsaoil na saolta
dative leis an saol
don saol 		leis na saolta

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • árachas saoil (“life insurance”)
  • gearrshaolach (“short-lived”, adjective)
  • saol gnéis m (“sex life”)
  • saolach (“long-lived”, adjective)
  • saolacht f (“survival”)
  • saolaí m (“tenant for life”)
  • saolaigh (“be born; deliver”, verb)
  • saolmhar (“long-lived”, adjective)
  • saolré f (“life cycle”)
  • saolta (“worldly, mundane; lay”, adjective)
  • seansaol f (“old time(s)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saol
radical lenition eclipsis
saol shaol
after an, tsaol 		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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saegul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 155, page 79
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 72, page 31

Further reading

Sui

Pronunciation

  • (Sandong) IPA(key): /saːu˩˧/

Pronoun

saol

  1. ye, you all (second-person plural pronoun)

See also

Sui personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person yuz ndaol (inclusive)
ndiul (exclusive)
2nd person nnaz saol
3rd person manl jenl manl


Turkish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ol

Interjection

saol

  1. pronunciation spelling of sağ ol
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