saill

See also: sa'ill

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /sˠail̠ʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠæl̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

  1. salted meat
  2. fatty meat, fat, lard
Declension
Declension of saill (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative saill
vocative a shaill
genitive saille
dative saill
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tsaill
genitive na saille
dative leis an tsaill
don tsaill
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

  1. (ambitransitive) salt, cure
  2. (figuratively, of speech) season
  3. (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation
Conjugation of saill (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present saillim sailleann tú;
saillir† 		sailleann sé, sí saillimid; sailleann muid sailleann sibh sailleann siad;
saillid† 		a shailleann; a shailleas sailltear
past shaill mé; shailleas shaill tú; shaillis shaill sé, sí shailleamar; shaill muid shaill sibh; shailleabhair shaill siad; shailleadar a shaill sailleadh
past habitual shaillinn /
saillinn‡ 		shaillteá /
saillteᇠ		shailleadh sé, sí /
sailleadh sé, sí‡ 		shaillimis; shailleadh muid /
saillimis‡; sailleadh muid‡ 		shailleadh sibh /
sailleadh sibh‡ 		shaillidís; shailleadh siad /
saillidís‡; sailleadh siad‡ 		a shailleadh shailltí /
sailltí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future saillfidh mé;
saillfead 		saillfidh tú;
saillfir† 		saillfidh sé, sí saillfimid;
saillfidh muid 		saillfidh sibh saillfidh siad;
saillfid† 		a shaillfidh; a shaillfeas saillfear
conditional shaillfinn /
saillfinn‡ 		shaillfeá /
saillfeᇠ		shaillfeadh sé, sí /
saillfeadh sé, sí‡ 		shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid /
saillfimis‡; saillfeadh muid‡ 		shaillfeadh sibh /
saillfeadh sibh‡ 		shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad /
saillfidís‡; saillfeadh siad‡ 		a shaillfeadh shaillfí /
saillfí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go saille mé;
go saillead† 		go saille tú;
go saillir† 		go saille sé, sí go saillimid;
go saille muid 		go saille sibh go saille siad;
go saillid† 		— go sailltear
past dá saillinn dá saillteá dá sailleadh sé, sí dá saillimis;
dá sailleadh muid 		dá sailleadh sibh dá saillidís;
dá sailleadh siad 		— dá sailltí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— saillim saill sailleadh sé, sí saillimis sailligí;
saillidh† 		saillidís — sailltear
past participle saillte
verbal noun sailleadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms
  • iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
  • saillteoir (“salter, curer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saill
radical lenition eclipsis
saill shaill
after an, tsaill 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *salnā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal̠ʲ/

Noun

saill f (genitive saille)

  1. salted meat, especially bacon

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative saillL — —
vocative saillL — —
accusative saillN — —
genitive sailleH — —
dative saillL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: saill
  • Manx: sahll
  • Scottish Gaelic: saill

Mutation

Mutation of saill
radical lenition nasalization
saill ṡaill saill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saiʎ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

  1. fat, grease, suet

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

  1. pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Mutation

Mutation of saill
radical lenition
saill shaill
after "an", t-saill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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