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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish sibal, verbal noun of siblaid (“to walk”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
siúl m (genitive singular as substantive siúil, genitive as verbal noun siúlta, nominative plural siúlta)
- verbal noun of siúil
- ability to walk
- gait
- a walk
Declension
- As noun
- As verbal noun
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| siúl
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shiúl
after an, tsiúl
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sibal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 352, page 121
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siúl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “siúl”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “siúl”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024