soillse

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish soillse, from Old Irish soillse (“brightness, light”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɤiʃə/[1][2]
  • Hyphenation: soill‧se

Noun

soillse f (invariable)

  1. synonym of solas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of soillse
radical lenition
soillse shoillse
after "an", t-soillse

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “soillse”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 540
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