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síl

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

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse síl.

Pronunciation

Noun

síl n (genitive singular síls, plural síl)

  1. (zoology) trout

Declension

n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative síl sílið síl sílini
accusative síl sílið síl sílini
dative síli sílinum sílum sílunum
genitive síls sílsins síla sílanna

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saílid; cognate with Scottish Gaelic saoil.

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) think, consider
  2. (transitive) expect, intend
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

síl m

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) genitive singular of síol

Mutation

Mutated forms of síl
radical lenition eclipsis
síl shíl
after an, tsíl
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References


Old Irish

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage)

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

Noun

síl m or n

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • sílach (seed)
  • sílaid, sílaigthid, sílem (sower)
  • sílaige (disseminator)
  • sílaigidir, sílaid (sows; causes, brings about, produces; disseminates, spreads abroad, publishes; generates, multiplies, propagates; spreads, scatters; breeds; springs, takes issue, is generated; spreads, multiplies)
  • sílne (seminal fluid, seed, sperm)

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of síl
radical lenition nasalization
síl ṡíl unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīlą. Compare Old Norse síld.

Noun

síl n

  1. herring

Descendants

References

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