seol
See also: seòl
Irish
Alternative forms
- seól (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ʃoːl̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ʃoːlˠ/, /ʃoːl̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃɔːlˠ/, /ʃɔːl̪ˠ/
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)
- (sailing) sail
- seol a ardú/thógáil ― to hoist sail
- seol a ísliú ― to lower sail
- seol a leagan ― to strike sail
- (literary) covering, canopy
- drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
- (crafts) loom
- (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
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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 bairr (“topsail”)
- seol cinn (“jib”)
- seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
- seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
- seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
- seol doininne (“storm-sail, trysail”)
- seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
- seol gearr (“shortened sail”)
- 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”)
- seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
- soitheach seoil (“sailing vessel”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish seólaid (“to sail”), from Old Irish séol (“sail”, noun).
Verb
seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (ambitransitive)
- sail
- Synonym: déan seoltóireacht
- send, dispatch; direct, guide
- address
- conduct, handle
- Synonyms: láimhseáil, stiúir
- (electricity, heat) conduct
- (sailing) navigate
- Synonym: loingsigh
- ship (of goods)
- (book, CD) launch
- Synonym: lainseáil
Conjugation
conjugation of seol (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun | seoladh | |||||||
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past participle | seolta | |||||||
tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | ||||||||
present | seolaim | seolann tú; seolair† |
seolann sé, sí | seolaimid | seolann sibh | seolann siad; seolaid† |
a sheolann; a sheolas / a seolann* |
seoltar |
past | sheol mé; sheolas | sheol tú; sheolais | sheol sé, sí | sheolamar; sheol muid | sheol sibh; sheolabhair | sheol siad; sheoladar | a sheol / ar sheol* |
seoladh |
past habitual | sheolainn / seolainn‡‡ | sheoltá / seoltᇇ | sheoladh sé, sí / seoladh sé, s퇇 | sheolaimis; sheoladh muid / seolaimis‡‡; seoladh muid‡‡ | sheoladh sibh / seoladh sibh‡‡ | sheolaidís; sheoladh siad / seolaidís‡‡; seoladh siad‡‡ | a sheoladh / a seoladh* |
sheoltaí / seolta퇇 |
future | seolfaidh mé; seolfad |
seolfaidh tú; seolfair† |
seolfaidh sé, sí | seolfaimid; seolfaidh muid |
seolfaidh sibh | seolfaidh siad; seolfaid† |
a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas / a seolfaidh* |
seolfar |
conditional | sheolfainn / seolfainn‡‡ | sheolfá / seolfᇇ | sheolfadh sé, sí / seolfadh sé, s퇇 | sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid / seolfaimis‡‡; seolfadh muid‡‡ | sheolfadh sibh / seolfadh sibh‡‡ | sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad / seolfaidís‡‡; seolfadh siad‡‡ | a sheolfadh / a seolfadh* |
sheolfaí / seolfa퇇 |
subjunctive | ||||||||
present | go seola mé; go seolad† |
go seola tú; go seolair† |
go seola sé, sí | go seolaimid; go seola muid |
go seola sibh | go seola siad; go seolaid† |
— | go seoltar |
past | dá seolainn | dá seoltá | dá seoladh sé, sí | dá seolaimis; dá seoladh muid |
dá seoladh sibh | dá seolaidís; dá seoladh siad |
— | dá seoltaí |
imperative | ||||||||
– | seolaim | seol | seoladh sé, sí | seolaimis | seolaigí; seolaidh† |
seolaidís | — | seoltar |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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seol | sheol after an, tseol |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025