seol

See also: seòl

Irish

Alternative forms

seól (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ʃoːl̪ˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ʃoːl/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːlˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish séol (“sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way”), borrowed from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)

(sailing) sail
(literary) covering, canopy
drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
(crafts) loom
(literary, uncountable) bed, couch

Declension

Declension of seol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seol	seolta
Vocative	a sheoil	a sheolta
Genitive	seoil	seolta
Dative	seol	seolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an seol	na seolta
Genitive	an tseoil	na seolta
Dative	leis an seol don seol	leis na seolta

Derived terms

Terms derived from seol

bean seoil (“woman in childbirth”)
leaba luí seoil (“childbed”)
long seoil (“sailing-ship”)
luí seoil (“lying in”)
péist an tseoil (“sail-fish”)
seol a ardú, seol a thógáil (“to hoist sail”)
seol a ísliú, seol a leagan (“to lower, strike, sail”)
seol bairr (“topsail”)

seol cinn (“jib”)
seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
seol doininne, seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
seol gearr, seol giortach (“shortened sail”)
seol innill (“power-loom”)

seol láimhe (“hand-loom”)
seol mara (“tidal motion of sea”)
seol mór (“mainsail”)
seol spreoide (“sprit-sail”)
seol stagh (“staysail”)
seol tosaigh (“foresail”)
soitheach seoil (“sailing-vessel”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish séolaid (“sails, steers; launches, casts; sends, dispatches; shows the way, guides; directs, trains, teaches; advances, proceeds; instructs”), from séol (“sail”, noun).

Verb

seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)

sail
send, dispatch; direct, guide
address
conduct, handle
(electricity, heat) conduct
(sailing) navigate
(of goods) ship
(book, CD) launch

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	seolaim	seolann tú; seolair^†	seolann sé, sí	seolaimid	seolann sibh	seolann siad; seolaid^†	a sheolann; a sheolas / a seolann; a seolas	seoltar
	past	sheol mé; sheolas	sheol tú; sheolais	sheol sé, sí	sheolamar; sheol muid	sheol sibh; sheolabhair	sheol siad; sheoladar	a sheol / ar sheol*	seoladh
	past habitual	sheolainn	sheoltá	sheoladh sé, sí	sheolaimis; sheoladh muid	sheoladh sibh	sheolaidís; sheoladh siad	a sheoladh / ar sheoladh*	sheoltaí
	future	seolfaidh mé; seolfad	seolfaidh tú; seolfair^†	seolfaidh sé, sí	seolfaimid; seolfaidh muid	seolfaidh sibh	seolfaidh siad; seolfaid^†	a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas / a seolfaidh; a seolfas	seolfar
conditional		sheolfainn	sheolfá	sheolfadh sé, sí	sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid	sheolfadh sibh	sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad	a sheolfadh / ar sheolfadh*	sheolfaí
subjunctive	present	go seola mé; go seolad^†	go seola tú; go seolair^†	go seola sé, sí	go seolaimid; go seola muid	go seola sibh	go seola siad; go seolaid^†	—	go seoltar
subjunctive	past	dá seolainn	dá seoltá	dá seoladh sé, sí	dá seolaimis; dá seoladh muid	dá seoladh sibh	dá seolaidís; dá seoladh siad	—	dá seoltaí
imperative		seolaim	seol	seoladh sé, sí	seolaimis	seolaigí; seolaidh^†	seolaidís	—	seoltar
verbal noun		seoladh
past participle		seolta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Synonyms

(sail): déan seoltóireacht
(conduct, handle): láimhseáil, stiúir
(navigate): loingsigh
(launch): lainseáil

Derived terms

seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
seoladán (“conduit”)
seoladh (“sailing, sail; course, direction; guidance; dispatch; opening statement; address; conduction”)
seoltóir (“sailor; sender, remitter; drover; conductor”)

Mutation

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

seol

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading