saoil
Irish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠiːlʲ/
Verb
saoil (present analytic saoileann, future analytic saoilfidh, verbal noun saoileadh, past participle saoilte)
- Alternative form of síl (“to think; expect”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | saoilim | saoileann tú; saoilir† |
saoileann sé, sí | saoilimid | saoileann sibh | saoileann siad; saoilid† |
a shaoileann; a shaoileas / a saoileann*; a saoileas* |
saoiltear |
| past | shaoil mé; shaoileas | shaoil tú; shaoilis | shaoil sé, sí | shaoileamar; shaoil muid | shaoil sibh; shaoileabhair | shaoil siad; shaoileadar | a shaoil / ar shaoil* |
saoileadh | |
| past habitual | shaoilinn | shaoilteá | shaoileadh sé, sí | shaoilimis; shaoileadh muid | shaoileadh sibh | shaoilidís; shaoileadh siad | a shaoileadh / ar shaoileadh* |
shaoiltí | |
| future | saoilfidh mé; saoilfead |
saoilfidh tú; saoilfir† |
saoilfidh sé, sí | saoilfimid; saoilfidh muid |
saoilfidh sibh | saoilfidh siad; saoilfid† |
a shaoilfidh; a shaoilfeas / a saoilfidh*; a saoilfeas* |
saoilfear | |
| conditional | shaoilfinn | shaoilfeá | shaoilfeadh sé, sí | shaoilfimis; shaoilfeadh muid | shaoilfeadh sibh | shaoilfidís; shaoilfeadh siad | a shaoilfeadh / ar shaoilfeadh* |
shaoilfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go saoile mé; go saoilead† |
go saoile tú; go saoilir† |
go saoile sé, sí | go saoilimid; go saoile muid |
go saoile sibh | go saoile siad; go saoilid† |
— | go saoiltear |
| past | dá saoilinn | dá saoilteá | dá saoileadh sé, sí | dá saoilimis; dá saoileadh muid |
dá saoileadh sibh | dá saoilidís; dá saoileadh siad |
— | dá saoiltí | |
| imperative | saoilim | saoil | saoileadh sé, sí | saoilimis | saoiligí; saoilidh† |
saoilidís | — | saoiltear | |
| verbal noun | saoileadh | ||||||||
| past participle | saoilte | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
saoil
- genitive singular of saol
Further reading
- “saílid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “saoilim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 592.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saoil | shaoil after an, tsaoil |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish saílid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɯːl/
Verb
saoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte)
- suppose, think, imagine
- Shaoil mi. ― I thought. I imagined.
- An saoil thu? ― Do you think?
- Shaoileadh duine. ― One should suppose.
- Shaoil e gur e nàmhaid a bh' ann. ― He thought he was an enemy.
- Nach saoil thu? ― Do you not think?
- ma shaoileas thu ― if you think or judge
- C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu? ― Where do you think he has gone.
- seem
Synonyms
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
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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