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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative saill
Vocative a shaill
Genitive saille
Dative saill

Forms with the definite article

Case 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. (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
  2. (figuratively, of speech) season
  3. (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation
conjugation of saill (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present saillim sailleann tú;
saillir†		 sailleann sé, sí saillimid sailleann sibh sailleann siad;
saillid†		 a shailleann; a shailleas /
a sailleann*; a sailleas*		 sailltear
past shaill mé; shailleas shaill tú; shaillis shaill sé, sí shailleamar; shaill muid shaill sibh; shailleabhair shaill siad; shailleadar a shaill /
ar shaill*		 sailleadh
past habitual shaillinn / saillinn‡‡ shaillteá / saillteᇇ shailleadh sé, sí / sailleadh sé, s퇇 shaillimis; shailleadh muid / saillimis‡‡; sailleadh muid‡‡ shailleadh sibh / sailleadh sibh‡‡ shaillidís; shailleadh siad / saillidís‡‡; sailleadh siad‡‡ a shailleadh /
a sailleadh*		 shailltí / saillt퇇
future saillfidh mé;
saillfead		 saillfidh tú;
saillfir†		 saillfidh sé, sí saillfimid;
saillfidh muid		 saillfidh sibh saillfidh siad;
saillfid†		 a shaillfidh; a shaillfeas /
a saillfidh*; a saillfeas*		 saillfear
conditional shaillfinn / saillfinn‡‡ shaillfeá / saillfeᇇ shaillfeadh sé, sí / saillfeadh sé, s퇇 shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid / saillfimis‡‡; saillfeadh muid‡‡ shaillfeadh sibh / saillfeadh sibh‡‡ shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad / saillfidís‡‡; saillfeadh siad‡‡ a shaillfeadh /
a saillfeadh*		 shaillfí / saillf퇇
subjunctive 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 saillim saill sailleadh sé, sí saillimis sailligí;
saillidh†		 saillidís — sailltear
verbal noun sailleadh
past participle saillte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sal͈ʲ/

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
  • saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)

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

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

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
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
saillshaill
after "an", t-saill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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