síl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sil"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʊiːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʊiːl

Noun

síl n (genitive singular síls, plural síl)

  1. (zoology) trout

Declension

Declension of síl
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative síl sílið síl sílini
accusative síl sílið síl sílini
dative síli sílinum sílum sílunum
genitive síls sílsins síla sílanna

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːlʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saílid; cognate with Scottish Gaelic saoil.

Alternative forms

Verb

síl (present analytic síleann, future analytic sílfidh, verbal noun síleadh, past participle sílte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) think, consider
  2. (transitive) expect, intend
Conjugation
Synonyms

Noun

síl m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of síol

Mutation

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (to sow) (compare Latin sēmen (seed), Old English sāwan (to sow)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (most forms) [sʲiːl], (genitive singular form) [sʲiːlʲ]

Noun

síl m or n

  1. (botany, agriculture) seed
  2. cause, origin
  3. (biology) semen
  4. race, progeny, descendants; offspring, breed

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sílN sílN sílL, síla
Vocative sílN sílN sílL, síla
Accusative sílN sílN sílL, síla
Genitive sílL síl sílN
Dative sílL sílaib sílaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • sílach (seed)
  • sílaid (to sow; sower)
  • sílaige (disseminator)
  • sílaigidir (to sow)
  • sílaigthid (sower)
  • sílem (sower)
  • sílne (seminal fluid, seed, sperm)

Descendants

  • Irish: síol
  • Manx: sheel
  • Scottish Gaelic: sìol

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
síl ṡíl unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Compare Old Norse síld.

Noun

síl n

  1. herring

Descendants

References

  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  • Gerhard Köbler, Altnordisches Wörterbuch
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