saol

Irish

Alternative forms

saoghal (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): [sˠeːlˠ]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [sˠiːlˠ]

Noun

saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)

life, lifetime; time; world
an saol mór ― the whole world; all people, everyone
1. period of existence
2. state of existence
3. conditions of life of a period
4. way or sphere of life
5. the world of enjoyment
6. the world of human affairs
7. all creation
8. all people

Declension

Declension of saol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saol	saolta
Vocative	a shaoil	a shaolta
Genitive	saoil	saolta
Dative	saol	saolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an saol	na saolta
Genitive	an tsaoil	na saolta
Dative	leis an saol don saol	leis na saolta

Synonyms

(life): beatha
(world): domhan

Derived terms

Terms derived from saol

árachas saoil (“life insurance”)
gearrshaolach (“short-lived; ephemeral, transitory”, adjective)
saolach, saolmhar (“long-lived”, adjective)

saolacht f (“survival”)
saolaí m (“tenant for life”)
saolaigh (“be born; deliver; give length of life”, verb)

saol gnéis m (“sex life”)
saolré f (“life cycle”)
saolta (“worldly, mundane; lay, secular; respectable”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

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

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