Irish

Noun

sáile m ‎(genitive singular sáile)

1. salt water, seawater, brine
2. the sea

Declension

Derived terms

• seaicéad sáile ‎(“pea-jacket”)
• thar sáile ‎(“overseas, abroad”)
• Loch an tSáile ‎(“Lough Atalia”): a sea inlet in Galway City.
• Gaoth Sáile ‎(“Gweesalia”): a village in County Mayo

Etymology 2

From Old Irish sádaile ‎(“ease, comfort, repose”).

Alternative forms

• sádhaile (superseded)

Noun

sáile f ‎(genitive singular sáile)

1. ease, comfort
2. self-indulgence
3. luxuriant growth

Declension

Adjective

sáile

1. inflection of sáil:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative and vocative and dative and strong genitive plural
2. comparative degree of sáil

Etymology 3

Noun

sáile f

1. genitive singular of sáil

Mutation

References

• “sáile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 sál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “sádaile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “sáḋaile” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “sáile” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "sáile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːlʲe/

Noun

sáile m

1. Alternative form of sál

Mutation

References

• “sáile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.