sáil

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See also: sail, Sail, sàil, and saïl

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sál.

Alternative forms

Noun

sáil f (genitive singular sáile, nominative plural sála)

  1. (anatomy, of shoes) heel
  2. (golf) heel of a club
  3. heeltap (of liquor)
Declension
Declension of sáil (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative sáil sála
vocative a sháil a shála
genitive sáile sál
dative sáil sála
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tsáil na sála
genitive na sáile na sál
dative leis an tsáil
don tsáil 		leis na sála
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See Middle Irish sádaile (“comfort, ease”)

Alternative forms

Adjective

sáil (genitive singular masculine sáil, genitive singular feminine sáile, plural sáile, comparative sáile)

  1. easy, restful, comfortable
  2. fond of ease and comfort
  3. self-indulgent, voluptuous
Declension
Declension of sáil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sáil sháil sáile;
sháile2
vocative sháil sáile
genitive sáile sáile sáil
dative sáil;
sháil1 		sháil sáile;
sháile2
Comparative níos sáile
Superlative is sáile

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of sáil
radical lenition eclipsis
sáil sháil
after an, tsáil 		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

Pronunciation

Noun

sáil

  1. inflection of sál (“heel”):
    1. accusative and dative singular
    2. nominative and accusative and vocative dual

Mutation

Mutation of sáil
radical lenition nasalization
sáil ṡáil unchanged

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

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