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saill
saill
See also: sa'ill
Irish
Noun
saill f (genitive singular saille)
Declension
Declension of saill
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from saill
Related terms
- saillteacht f (“saltiness”)
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)
- (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
- (figuratively, of speech) season; (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| 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 | shaillteá | shailleadh sé, sí | shaillimis; shailleadh muid | shailleadh sibh | shaillidís; shailleadh siad | a shailleadh / ar shailleadh* |
shailltí | |
| 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 | shaillfeá | shaillfeadh sé, sí | shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid | shaillfeadh sibh | shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad | a shaillfeadh / ar shaillfeadh* |
shaillfí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
- saillteoir (“salter, curer”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| saill | shaill after an, tsaill |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "saill" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “saill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “saillid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Noun
saill f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| saill | ṡaill | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “saill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).
Noun
saill f (genitive singular saille)
Related terms
- sult m (“fat”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.
Verb
saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| saill | shaill after "an", t-saill |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “saill” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “saillid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.