seol

See also: seòl

Irish

Alternative forms

  • seól (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish séol (“sail”),[4] borrowed from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)

  1. (sailing) sail
    seol a ardú/thógáil ― to hoist sail
    seol a ísliú ― to lower sail
    seol a leagan ― to strike sail
  2. (literary) covering, canopy
  3. drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
  4. (weaving) loom
  5. (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
Declension of seol (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative seol seolta
vocative a sheoil a sheolta
genitive seoil seolta
dative seol seolta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an seol na seolta
genitive an tseoil na seolta
dative leis an seol
don seol 		leis na seolta
Derived terms
  • bean seoil (“woman in childbirth”)
  • leaba luí seoil (“childbed”)
  • long seoil (“sailing ship”)
  • luí seoil (“lying in”)
  • péist an tseoil (“sail-fish”)
  • ribín seoil (“reef-point, gasket”)
  • seol bairr (“topsail”)
  • seol cinn (“jib”)
  • seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
  • seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
  • seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
  • seol doininne (“storm-sail, trysail”)
  • seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
  • seol gearr (“shortened sail”)
  • 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”)
  • seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
  • soitheach seoil (“sailing vessel”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish seólaid (“to sail”), from Old Irish séol (“sail”, noun).[5]

Verb

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

  1. to sail
    Synonym: déan seoltóireacht
  2. to send, dispatch; direct, guide
  3. to address
  4. to conduct, handle
    Synonyms: láimhseáil, stiúir
  5. (electricity, heat) to conduct
  6. (sailing) to navigate
    Synonym: loingsigh
  7. to ship (of goods)
  8. to launch (e.g. book, CD)
    Synonym: lainseáil
Conjugation
Conjugation of seol (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present seolaim seolann tú;
seolair† 		seolann sé, sí seolaimid; seolann muid seolann sibh seolann siad;
seolaid† 		a sheolann; a sheolas seoltar
past sheol mé; sheolas sheol tú; sheolais sheol sé, sí sheolamar; sheol muid sheol sibh; sheolabhair sheol siad; sheoladar a sheol seoladh
past habitual sheolainn /
seolainn‡ 		sheoltá /
seoltᇠ		sheoladh sé, sí /
seoladh sé, sí‡ 		sheolaimis; sheoladh muid /
seolaimis‡; seoladh muid‡ 		sheoladh sibh /
seoladh sibh‡ 		sheolaidís; sheoladh siad /
seolaidís‡; seoladh siad‡ 		a sheoladh sheoltaí /
seoltaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future seolfaidh mé;
seolfad 		seolfaidh tú;
seolfair† 		seolfaidh sé, sí seolfaimid;
seolfaidh muid 		seolfaidh sibh seolfaidh siad;
seolfaid† 		a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas seolfar
conditional sheolfainn /
seolfainn‡ 		sheolfá /
seolfᇠ		sheolfadh sé, sí /
seolfadh sé, sí‡ 		sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid /
seolfaimis‡; seolfadh muid‡ 		sheolfadh sibh /
seolfadh sibh‡ 		sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad /
seolfaidís‡; seolfadh siad‡ 		a sheolfadh sheolfaí /
seolfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— seolaim seol seoladh sé, sí seolaimis seolaigí;
seolaidh† 		seolaidís — seoltar
past participle seolta
verbal noun seoladh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of seol
radical lenition eclipsis
seol sheol
after an, tseol 		not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Myles; Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961), Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 238
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 234
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 214
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1022; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “seolaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1023; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “seol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “seol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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