saill

See also: sa'ill

Irish

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): [sˠail̠ʲ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

salted meat
fatty meat, fat

Declension

Declension of saill

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	saill
Vocative	a shaill
Genitive	saille
Dative	saill

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tsaill
Genitive	na saille
Dative	leis an tsaill don tsaill

Derived terms

Terms derived from saill

brat saille (“layer of fat”)
fíochán saille (“adipose tissue”)

sailleach (“fatty, adipose”, adjective)

saill ime (“butterfat”)

Related terms

saillteacht f (“saltiness”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

(transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
1. (figuratively, of speech) season; (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	saillim	sailleann tú; saillir^†	sailleann sé, sí	saillimid	sailleann sibh	sailleann siad; saillid^†	a shailleann; a shailleas / a sailleann; a sailleas	sailltear
	past	shaill mé; shailleas	shaill tú; shaillis	shaill sé, sí	shailleamar; shaill muid	shaill sibh; shailleabhair	shaill siad; shailleadar	a shaill / ar shaill*	sailleadh
	past habitual	shaillinn	shaillteá	shailleadh sé, sí	shaillimis; shailleadh muid	shailleadh sibh	shaillidís; shailleadh siad	a shailleadh / ar shailleadh*	shailltí
	future	saillfidh mé; saillfead	saillfidh tú; saillfir^†	saillfidh sé, sí	saillfimid; saillfidh muid	saillfidh sibh	saillfidh siad; saillfid^†	a shaillfidh; a shaillfeas / a saillfidh; a saillfeas	saillfear
conditional		shaillfinn	shaillfeá	shaillfeadh sé, sí	shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid	shaillfeadh sibh	shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad	a shaillfeadh / ar shaillfeadh*	shaillfí
subjunctive	present	go saille mé; go saillead^†	go saille tú; go saillir^†	go saille sé, sí	go saillimid; go saille muid	go saille sibh	go saille siad; go saillid^†	—	go sailltear
subjunctive	past	dá saillinn	dá saillteá	dá sailleadh sé, sí	dá saillimis; dá sailleadh muid	dá sailleadh sibh	dá saillidís; dá sailleadh siad	—	dá sailltí
imperative		saillim	saill	sailleadh sé, sí	saillimis	sailligí; saillidh^†	saillidís	—	sailltear
verbal noun		sailleadh
past participle		saillte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
saillteoir (“salter, curer”)

Mutation

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

References

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

Old Irish

Noun

saill f

salted meat, especially bacon

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)

Descendants

Irish: saill
Manx: sahll
Scottish Gaelic: saill

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
saill	ṡaill	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

fat, grease, suet

Related terms

sult m (“fat”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
saill	shaill after "an", t-saill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“saill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“saillid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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