seòl
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish séol (“sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way”), a borrowing from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-West Germanic *segl.
The verb is from Middle Irish seólaid.
Pronunciation
Noun
seòl m (genitive singular siùil, plural siùil)
Derived terms
- prìomh-sheòl (“mainsail”)
Verb
seòl (past sheòl, future seòlaidh, verbal noun seòladh, past participle seòlta)
Conjugation
- Participles
| Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' seòladh | -- |
| Past | sheòl | sheòladh |
| Future | seòlaidh | seòlar |
| Conditional | sheòladh | sheòltadh |
Derived terms
- iom-sheòl (“circumnavigate”)
- mì-sheòl (“mislead, misguide, misdirect”)
- seòladair (“sailor; navigator; sender”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| seòl | sheòl after "an", t-seòl |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap