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síl

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See also: sil, SIL, s'il, sìl, and şil

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

síl (present analytic síleann, future analytic sílfidh, verbal noun síleadh, past participle sílte)

  1. to think, consider
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

síl

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive of síol

Mutation

Template:ga mut cons


Old Irish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (to sow) (compare Latin sēmen (seed), Old English sāwan (to sow)).

Noun

síl m or n

  1. (deprecated template usage) (botany, agriculture) seed
  2. cause, origin
  3. (deprecated template usage) (biology) semen
  4. race, progeny, descendants; offspring, breed

Derived terms

Descendants


Old Norse

Etymology

Compare síld.

Noun

síl n

  1. herring

Descendants

References

  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  • Gerhard Köbler, Altnordisches Wörterbuch