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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish séol (“sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way”), borrowed from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.
Noun
seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)
- (sailing) sail
- seol a ardú/thógáil ― to hoist sail
- seol a ísliú ― to lower sail
- seol a leagan ― to strike sail
- (literary) covering, canopy
- drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
- (crafts) loom
- (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish seólaid (“to sail”), from Old Irish séol (“sail”, noun).
Verb
seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)
- sail
- Synonym: déan seoltóireacht
- send, dispatch; direct, guide
- address
- conduct, handle
- Synonyms: láimhseáil, stiúir
- (electricity, heat) conduct
- (sailing) navigate
- Synonym: loingsigh
- ship (of goods)
- (book, CD) launch
- Synonym: lainseáil
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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seolaim
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seolann tú; seolair†
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seolann sé, sí
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seolaimid
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seolann sibh
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seolann siad; seolaid†
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a sheolann; a sheolas / a seolann*; a seolas*
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seoltar
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past
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sheol mé; sheolas
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sheol tú; sheolais
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sheol sé, sí
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sheolamar; sheol muid
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sheol sibh; sheolabhair
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sheol siad; sheoladar
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a sheol / ar sheol*
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seoladh
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past habitual
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sheolainn / seolainn‡‡
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sheoltá / seoltᇇ
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sheoladh sé, sí / seoladh sé, s퇇
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sheolaimis; sheoladh muid / seolaimis‡‡; seoladh muid‡‡
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sheoladh sibh / seoladh sibh‡‡
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sheolaidís; sheoladh siad / seolaidís‡‡; seoladh siad‡‡
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a sheoladh / a seoladh*
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sheoltaí / seolta퇇
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future
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seolfaidh mé; seolfad
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seolfaidh tú; seolfair†
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seolfaidh sé, sí
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seolfaimid; seolfaidh muid
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seolfaidh sibh
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seolfaidh siad; seolfaid†
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a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas / a seolfaidh*; a seolfas*
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seolfar
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conditional
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sheolfainn / seolfainn‡‡
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sheolfá / seolfᇇ
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sheolfadh sé, sí / seolfadh sé, s퇇
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sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid / seolfaimis‡‡; seolfadh muid‡‡
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sheolfadh sibh / seolfadh sibh‡‡
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sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad / seolfaidís‡‡; seolfadh siad‡‡
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a sheolfadh / a seolfadh*
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sheolfaí / seolfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go seola mé; go seolad†
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go seola tú; go seolair†
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go seola sé, sí
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go seolaimid; go seola muid
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go seola sibh
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go seola siad; go seolaid†
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—
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go seoltar
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past
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dá seolainn
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dá seoltá
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dá seoladh sé, sí
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dá seolaimis; dá seoladh muid
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dá seoladh sibh
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dá seolaidís; dá seoladh siad
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dá seoltaí
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imperative
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seolaim
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seol
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seoladh sé, sí
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seolaimis
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seolaigí; seolaidh†
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seolaidís
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—
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seoltar
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verbal noun
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seoladh
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past participle
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seolta
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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seol
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sheol after an, tseol
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “séolaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “seol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024