samail

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaṽilʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; as one, together with”).

Noun

samail f

  1. verbal noun of samlaidir
  2. likeness, similarity
  3. description
  4. simile, metaphor
  5. (with following genitive or preceding possessive) that which something is to be likened to or is like
  6. the like of, such a
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Preposition

samail

  1. like, as
Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

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