seol

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)

1. (sailing) sail
2. (literary) covering, canopy
3. drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
4. (crafts) loom
5. (literary, uncountable) bed, couch

Declension

Declension of seol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative seol seolta Vocative a sheoil a sheolta Genitive seoil seolta Dative seol seolta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an seol na seolta Genitive an tseoil na seolta Dative leis an seol don seol leis na seolta

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 a ardú, seol a thógáil (“to hoist sail”)
• seol a ísliú, seol a leagan (“to lower, strike, sail”)
• seol bairr (“topsail”)
• seol cinn (“jib”)
• seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
• seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
• seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
• seol doininne, seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
• seol gearr, 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”)
• soitheach seoil (“sailing-vessel”)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish séolaid (“sails, steers; launches, casts; sends, dispatches; shows the way, guides; directs, trains, teaches; advances, proceeds; instructs”), from séol (“sail”, noun).

Verb

seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)

1. sail

   Synonym: déan seoltóireacht

2. send, dispatch; direct, guide
3. address
4. conduct, handle

   Synonyms: láimhseáil, stiúir

5. (electricity, heat) conduct
6. (sailing) navigate

   Synonym: loingsigh

7. (of goods) ship
8. (book, CD) launch

   Synonym: lainseáil

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		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*; a seolas*	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*; a seolfas*	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
verbal noun		seoladh
past participle		seolta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
• seoladán (“conduit”)
• seoladh (“sailing, sail; course, direction; guidance; dispatch; opening statement; address; conduction”)
• seoltóir (“sailor; sender, remitter; drover; conductor”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
seol	sheol after an, tseol	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “séolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “seol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “seol” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.