sál

Afitti

Noun

sál

1. (Ditti) palm-leaf broom

Synonyms

• éjèl (Afitti)

References

• Alex de Voogt, A sketch of Affiti phonology, in Studies in African Linguistics 38:1 (2009)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Saal.

Noun

sál m inan

1. room
2. saloon
3. hall
4. theater (operating theater for surgery)

   Zraněného přivezli na operační sál.

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sál

1. third-person singular masculine past of sát

References

Further reading

• sál in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sál in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schal, from English shawl, from Persian شال (šâl, “shawl, scarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sál
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

sál (plural sálak)

1. scarf
2. shawl

Declension

Derived terms

• nyaksál

Further reading

• sál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sauːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sál, from Old English sāwol, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwlu, *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

sál f (genitive singular sálar, nominative plural sálir)

1. a soul
   • Einar Benediktsson

     Aðgát skal höfð í nærveru sálar.

     Exercise caution in the presence of a soul.

   Blóð er gjaldmiðill sálarinnar.

   Blood is the currency of the soul.

Declension

Etymology 2

Attested since the 16th century; origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sahalō, from the root *seh- (“to cut”), originally denoting a bag sewn from cut-out pieces of skin; or perhaps from *sawalō, related to sjóður (“purse”), or from *saihalō, related to sár (“cask”).

Noun

sál f (genitive singular sálar, nominative plural sálar)

1. a skin bag

Declension

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Anagrams

• lás
• slá

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːlˠ/, /sˠɑːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠaːlˠ/, /sˠaːl̪ˠ/

Noun

sál f pl

1. genitive plural of sáil

Noun

sál f (genitive singular sáile, nominative plural sála)

1. Alternative form of sáil (“heel”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sál”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːl/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sālos (whence Welsh hâl (“salty water”)), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls. Akin to Latin sal and English salt.

Noun

sál m

1. salt water, brine, seawater
2. (poetic, by extension) sea, ocean
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1132

     sáil-onn .i. cloch sáil

     sea-rock i.e. rock of the sea

Inflection

Alternative forms

• sáile

Descendants

• Irish: sáile
• Scottish Gaelic: sàl

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sál (‘salt water’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *stātlā (compare Welsh sawdl), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Noun

sál f

1. heel
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 68^b7

     sál ― (glosses Latin calx)

Inflection

Derived terms

• sál tre assa (“tonsure”, literally “heel through the shoe”)

Descendants

• Irish: sáil
• Manx: saayl
• Scottish Gaelic: sàil

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 sál (‘heel’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stātlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 354

Mutation