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)

  1. eye
  2. (with le plus the person or thing expected or hoped for)
    1. hope
      Tá súil agam go... ― I hope that...
    2. expectation
      Tá súil abhaile leat. ― You are expected home.
      Synonym: coinne

Declension

Derived terms

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

  • "súil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “súil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “súil” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • 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.

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)

  1. eye
  2. hope, expectation

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative súil súilL súiliH
Vocative súil súilL súiliH
Accusative súilN súilL súiliH
Genitive súlo, súlaH súlo, súlaL súileN
Dative súilL súilibN súilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
súil ṡúil unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “súil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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