súil
See also: sùil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súil, from Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle (“suns”), dual of *sūlos, genitive of *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠuːlʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠuːl/
Noun
súil f (genitive singular súile, nominative plural súile)
- eye
- (with le plus the person or thing expected or hoped for)
- hope
- Tá súil agam go... ― I hope that...
- expectation
- Tá súil abhaile leat. ― You are expected home.
- Synonym: coinne
- hope
Declension
Declension of súil
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- ag súil (“pregnant”, literally “expecting”)
- aonsúileach
- beoshúileach
- bileog shúile
- caipín súile
- casadh súl (“glance”)
- catsúil (“sidelong glance; ogle”)
- claonsúil
- déshúileach
- drochshúil (“evil eye”)
- gealacán súile
- lia súl
- log súile (“eye socket”)
- maothán súile
- mórshúil
- péist an dá shúil déag (“lamprey”)
- púicshúileach
- sreangshúil
- súilaibí (“keen-eyed, observant”)
- súilaithne
- súil dhubh (“black eye, shiner”)
- súileach (“eyed, oculate; eye-like”)
- súileog (“(little) bubble, globule, bead; ocellus”)
- súilfhéachaint (“glance”)
- súilín
- súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”)
- súil-lia
- súil ribe
- tinneas súl
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| súil | shúil after an, tsúil | 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), “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 703
- Entries containing “súil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “súil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish *sūli, alteration of Proto-Celtic *sūle, dual of *sūlos (“sun”), genitive of *sāwol (“sun”) (compare Welsh haul (“sun”), Breton heol (“sun”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːlʲ/
Noun
súil f (genitive súlo or súla, nominative plural súili)
- eye
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- Is déniu ad·ciam húa ṡúlib risíu ro·cloammar in fogur húa chluasaib, ut est is toísigiu ad·ciam teilciud in béla resíu ro·cloammar a guth sidi.
- We see more quickly with the eyes before we hear the sound with the ears, ut est we see the throwing of the axe sooner before we hear the sound of this.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- hope, expectation
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | súil | súilL | súiliH |
| Vocative | súil | súilL | súiliH |
| Accusative | súilN | súilL | súiliH |
| Genitive | súloH, súlaH | súloH, súlaH | súileN |
| Dative | súilL | súilib, súlib | súilib, súlib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- súilech
- súilid
- súilige
- ar súil
Descendants
- Irish: súil
- Manx: sooill
- Scottish Gaelic: sùil
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| súil | ṡúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language