sócúl

Irish

Alternative forms

  • sócamhal (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish socamail, from Old Irish socamail.[2] Etymological antonym of dócúl.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠoːˈkuːl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠoːkuːlˠ/, /ˈsˠoːkuːl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔːkəlˠ/, /ˈsˠɔːkəl̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

sócúl m (genitive singular sócúil)

  1. ease, rest, comfort

Declension

Declension of sócúl (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sócúl
vocative a shócúil
genitive sócúil
dative sócúl
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sócúl
genitive an tsócúil
dative leis an sócúl
don sócúl

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “sócúl”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “socamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

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