seihll

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul, from Latin saeculum. Cognate with Irish saol and Scottish Gaelic saoghal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːl/, /sɯːl/, /siːl/

Noun

seihll m (genitive singular seihill, plural seihill)

  1. lifetime
    Cha naik mee rieau y lhied ayns ooilley'n seihll aym.
    I never saw the like in my lifetime.
  2. world
    Hug eh seose y Seihll.
    He relinquished the world.
    Eshyn as argid echey t'eh stiurey yn seihll.
    He who has money commands the world.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seihll heihll
after "yn", teihll 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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