síol

See also: sìol and siół

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síl (“seed”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) (compare Latin sēmen (“seed”), Old English sāwan (“to sow”)).

The verb is from Old Irish sílaid.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiː(ə)l̪ˠ/, /ʃiː(ə)lˠ/[3][4]

Noun

síol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)

  1. (agriculture, botany) seed
  2. (biology) semen, sperm
    Synonym: seamhan
  3. offspring, progeny, descendants; race

Declension

Derived terms

  • aimsir an tsíl (“seed-time”)
  • coirce síl (“seed oats”)
  • dul chun síl (“to go to seed”)
  • oisre síl
  • síol a chur (“to sow seed”)
  • síol Choinn (“the race of Conn”)
  • síol coirce (“oat-seed”)
  • síol cruithneachta (“wheat-seed”)
  • síol Eoghain (“the race of Eoghan”)
  • síol eorna (“barley-seed”)
  • síol féir (“grass seed; first crop of grass”)
  • síol oisre
  • síolach (“seedy”)
  • síolta (“seeded”)

Verb

síol (present analytic síolann, future analytic síolfaidh, verbal noun síoladh, past participle síolta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of síolaigh (“seed, sow; disseminate, spread”)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
síol shíol
after an, tsíol
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “síl”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sílaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “síol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “síol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “síol” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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