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seol
seol
See also: seòl
Irish
Alternative forms
- seól (obsolete)
Noun
seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)
- (sailing) sail
- (literary) covering, canopy
- drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
- (crafts) loom
- (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
Declension of seol
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Terms derived from seol
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Etymology 2
From Middle Irish séolaid (“sails, steers; launches, casts; sends, dispatches; shows the way, guides; directs, trains, teaches; advances, proceeds; instructs”), from séol (“sail”, noun).
Verb
seol (present analytic seolann, future analytic seolfaidh, verbal noun seoladh, past participle seolta) (transitive, intransitive)
- sail
- send, dispatch; direct, guide
- address
- conduct, handle
- (electricity, heat) conduct
- (sailing) navigate
- (of goods) ship
- (book, CD) launch
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | seolaim | seolann tú; seolair† |
seolann sé, sí | seolaimid | seolann sibh | seolann siad; seolaid† |
a sheolann; a sheolas / a seolann*; a seolas* |
seoltar |
| past | sheol mé; sheolas | sheol tú; sheolais | sheol sé, sí | sheolamar; sheol muid | sheol sibh; sheolabhair | sheol siad; sheoladar | a sheol / ar sheol* |
seoladh | |
| past habitual | sheolainn | sheoltá | sheoladh sé, sí | sheolaimis; sheoladh muid | sheoladh sibh | sheolaidís; sheoladh siad | a sheoladh / ar sheoladh* |
sheoltaí | |
| future | seolfaidh mé; seolfad |
seolfaidh tú; seolfair† |
seolfaidh sé, sí | seolfaimid; seolfaidh muid |
seolfaidh sibh | seolfaidh siad; seolfaid† |
a sheolfaidh; a sheolfas / a seolfaidh*; a seolfas* |
seolfar | |
| conditional | sheolfainn | sheolfá | sheolfadh sé, sí | sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid | sheolfadh sibh | sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad | a sheolfadh / ar sheolfadh* |
sheolfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go seola mé; go seolad† |
go seola tú; go seolair† |
go seola sé, sí | go seolaimid; go seola muid |
go seola sibh | go seola siad; go seolaid† |
— | go seoltar |
| past | dá seolainn | dá seoltá | dá seoladh sé, sí | dá seolaimis; dá seoladh muid |
dá seoladh sibh | dá seolaidís; dá seoladh siad |
— | dá seoltaí | |
| imperative | seolaim | seol | seoladh sé, sí | seolaimis | seolaigí; seolaidh† |
seolaidís | — | seoltar | |
| verbal noun | seoladh | ||||||||
| past participle | seolta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Synonyms
- (sail): déan seoltóireacht
- (conduct, handle): láimhseáil, stiúir
- (navigate): loingsigh
- (launch): lainseáil
Derived terms
- anairt seoil, seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
- seoladán (“conduit”)
- seoladh (“sailing, sail; course, direction; guidance; dispatch; opening statement; address; conduction”)
- seoltóir (“sailor; sender, remitter; drover; conductor”)
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| seol | sheol after an, tseol |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "seol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “séol” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “séolaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.