sócúl

sócúl

Irish

Alternative forms

• sócamhal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish socamail, from Old Irish socamail

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːˈkuːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːkuːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔːkəlˠ/[1]

Noun

sócúl m (genitive singular sócúil)

1. ease, rest, comfort

Declension

Declension of sócúl

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sócúl Vocative a shócúil Genitive sócúil Dative sócúl

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an sócúl Genitive an tsócúil Dative leis an sócúl don sócúl

Derived terms

• sócúlach
• sócúlacht

 

Further reading

• “sócúl” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “socamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “sócaṁal” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 667.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15