scaoil

Irish

Alternative forms

sgaoil (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish scaílid (“to scatter, disperse”).^[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sgaoil and Manx skeaylley.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˠkiːlʲ/^[3]^[4]^[5]

Verb

scaoil (present analytic scaoileann, future analytic scaoilfidh, verbal noun scaoileadh, past participle scaoilte)

to discharge (expel or let go; operate (any weapon that fires a projectile))
to unfurl, spread
to release, let go, loose
to undo, unfasten, untie
to loosen (make less tight), slacken
to fire, shoot (a weapon)
to shoot (a person)
(music) to resolve (cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance)
to give away (unintentionally reveal a secret or expose someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *scaoil* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	scaoilim	scaoileann tú; scaoilir^†	scaoileann sé, sí	scaoilimid; scaoileann muid	scaoileann sibh	scaoileann siad; scaoilid^†	a scaoileann; a scaoileas	scaoiltear
past	scaoil mé; scaoileas	scaoil tú; scaoilis	scaoil sé, sí	scaoileamar; scaoil muid	scaoil sibh; scaoileabhair	scaoil siad; scaoileadar	a scaoil	scaoileadh
past habitual	scaoilinn	scaoilteá	scaoileadh sé, sí	scaoilimis; scaoileadh muid	scaoileadh sibh	scaoilidís; scaoileadh siad	a scaoileadh	scaoiltí

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	scaoilfidh mé; scaoilfead	scaoilfidh tú; scaoilfir^†	scaoilfidh sé, sí	scaoilfimid; scaoilfidh muid	scaoilfidh sibh	scaoilfidh siad; scaoilfid^†	a scaoilfidh; a scaoilfeas	scaoilfear
conditional	scaoilfinn	scaoilfeá	scaoilfeadh sé, sí	scaoilfimis; scaoilfeadh muid	scaoilfeadh sibh	scaoilfidís; scaoilfeadh siad	a scaoilfeadh	scaoilfí

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go scaoile mé; go scaoilead^†	go scaoile tú; go scaoilir^†	go scaoile sé, sí	go scaoilimid; go scaoile muid	go scaoile sibh	go scaoile siad; go scaoilid^†	—	go scaoiltear
past	dá scaoilinn	dá scaoilteá	dá scaoileadh sé, sí	dá scaoilimis; dá scaoileadh muid	dá scaoileadh sibh	dá scaoilidís; dá scaoileadh siad	—	dá scaoiltí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	scaoilim	scaoil	scaoileadh sé, sí	scaoilimis	scaoiligí; scaoilidh^†	scaoilidís	—	scaoiltear

past participle	scaoilte

verbal noun	scaoileadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

discaoil
scaoil amach (“to let out; to release, loosen”)
scaoil anuas (“to let down; to set down”)
scaoil as (“to let out of; to fire from”)
scaoil chuig (“to let go to”)
scaoil chun (“to let go to”)
scaoil de (“to let go, release, undo”)
scaoil faoi (“to set about”)
scaoil i (“to separate into”)
scaoil le (“to free from restraint”)
scaoil ó (“to release from; to let go from”)
scaoil thar (“to let pass over”)
scaoil thart (“to pass round”)
scaoil timpeall (“to pass round”)
urscaoil (“to discharge”)

References

^ “scaoil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scaílid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 171, page 132
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 222
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 204