súil
See also: sùil
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish súil,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sūle (“two suns”), dual of *sāwūl (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.
Pronunciation
Noun
súil f (genitive singular súile, nominative plural súile)
- eye
- hope, expectation [with le and person or thing expected or hoped for]
- Synonym: coinne
- Tá súil agam go... ― I hope that...
- Tá súil abhaile leat. ― You are expected home.
Declension
Derived terms
- ag súil (“pregnant”, literally “expecting”)
- aonsúileach
- beoshúileach
- bileog shúile
- caipín súile
- casadh súl (“glance”)
- catsúil (“sidelong glance; ogle”)
- claonsúil
- comhshúil (“compound eye”)
- déshúileach
- drochshúil (“evil eye”)
- fiarshúil
- gealacán súile
- leathshúil (“a single eye”)
- lia súl
- log súile (“eye socket”)
- maothán súile
- mórshúil
- péist an dá shúil déag (“lamprey”)
- púicshúileach
- sreangshúil
- súil dhubh (“black eye, shiner”)
- súil ribe
- súil-leata (“wide-eyed; saucer-eyed”)
- súil-lia
- súilaibí (“keen-eyed, observant”)
- súilaithne
- súileach (“eyed, oculate; eye-like”)
- súileog (“(little) bubble, globule, bead; ocellus”)
- súilfhéachaint (“glance”)
- súilín
- tinneas súl
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| súil | shúil after an, tsúil |
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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 228
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “súil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 703
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “súil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “súil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sūle, dual of *sāwūl (“sun”) (compare Welsh haul (“sun”), Breton heol (“sun”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːlʲ/
Noun
súil f (genitive súlo or súla, nominative plural súili)
- eye
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- Is déniu ad·ciam húa ṡúlib risíu ro·cloammar in fogur húa chluasaib, ut est is toísigiu ad·ciam teilciud in béla resíu ro·cloammar a guth sidi.
- We see more quickly with the eyes before we hear the sound with the ears, ut est we see the throwing of the axe sooner before we hear the sound of this.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b12
- hope, expectation
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | súil | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
| vocative | súil | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
| accusative | súilN | súilL | súiliH, súliH |
| genitive | súloH, súlaH | súloH, súlaH | súileN |
| dative | súilL | súilib, súlib | súilib, súlib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- súilech
- súilid
- súilige
- ar súil
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| súil | ṡúil | súil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language