síol

See also: sìol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síl (“seed”), from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) (compare Latin sēmen (“seed”), Old English sāwan (“to sow”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃiːl]

Noun

síol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)

Declension

Declension of síol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	síol	síolta
Vocative	a shíl	a shíolta
Genitive	síl	síolta
Dative	síol	síolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an síol	na síolta
Genitive	an tsíl	na síolta
Dative	leis an síol don síol	leis na síolta

Synonyms

(semen): seamhan

Derived terms

Terms derived from síol

aimsir an tsíl (“seed-time”)
coirce síl (“seed oats”)
dul chun síl (“to go to seed”)
oisre síl (“seed-oyster”)

síol a chur (“to sow seed”)
síol Choinn (“the race of Conn”)
síol coirce (“oat-seed”)
síol cruithneachta (“wheat-seed”)

síol Eoghain (“the race of Eoghan”)
síol eorna (“barley-seed”)
síol féir (“grass seed; first crop of grass”)
síol oisre (“spat”)

Mutation

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

References

"síol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“síl” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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