saoil

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˠiːlʲ/

Verb

saoil (present analytic saoileann, future analytic saoilfidh, verbal noun saoileadh, past participle saoilte)

  1. Alternative form of síl (“to think; expect”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present saoilim saoileann tú;
saoilir†		 saoileann sé, sí saoilimid saoileann sibh saoileann siad;
saoilid†		 a shaoileann; a shaoileas /
a saoileann*; a saoileas*		 saoiltear
past shaoil mé; shaoileas shaoil tú; shaoilis shaoil sé, sí shaoileamar; shaoil muid shaoil sibh; shaoileabhair shaoil siad; shaoileadar a shaoil /
ar shaoil*		 saoileadh
past habitual shaoilinn shaoilteá shaoileadh sé, sí shaoilimis; shaoileadh muid shaoileadh sibh shaoilidís; shaoileadh siad a shaoileadh /
ar shaoileadh*		 shaoiltí
future saoilfidh mé;
saoilfead		 saoilfidh tú;
saoilfir†		 saoilfidh sé, sí saoilfimid;
saoilfidh muid		 saoilfidh sibh saoilfidh siad;
saoilfid†		 a shaoilfidh; a shaoilfeas /
a saoilfidh*; a saoilfeas*		 saoilfear
conditional shaoilfinn / saoilfinn‡‡ shaoilfeá / saoilfeᇇ shaoilfeadh sé, sí / saoilfeadh sé, s퇇 shaoilfimis; shaoilfeadh muid / saoilfimis‡‡; saoilfeadh muid‡‡ shaoilfeadh sibh / saoilfeadh sibh‡‡ shaoilfidís; shaoilfeadh siad / saoilfidís‡‡; saoilfeadh siad‡‡ a shaoilfeadh /
ar shaoilfeadh*		 shaoilfí / saoilf퇇
subjunctive present go saoile mé;
go saoilead†		 go saoile tú;
go saoilir†		 go saoile sé, sí go saoilimid;
go saoile muid		 go saoile sibh go saoile siad;
go saoilid†		 — go saoiltear
past dá saoilinn dá saoilteá dá saoileadh sé, sí dá saoilimis;
dá saoileadh muid		 dá saoileadh sibh dá saoilidís;
dá saoileadh siad		 — dá saoiltí
imperative saoilim saoil saoileadh sé, sí saoilimis saoiligí;
saoilidh†		 saoilidís — saoiltear
verbal noun saoileadh
past participle saoilte

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

saoil

  1. genitive singular of saol

Further reading
  • “saílid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “saoilim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 592.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saoil shaoil
after an, tsaoil		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saílid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɯːl/

Verb

saoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte)

  1. suppose, think (=believe), imagine
    Shaoil mi. ― I thought. I believed (that). I imagined.
    An saoil thu? ― Do you think?
    Shaoileadh duine. ― One should suppose.
    Shaoil e gur e nàmhaid a bh' ann. ― He thought he was an enemy.
    Nach saoil thu? ― Do you not think?
    ma shaoileas t(h)u ― if you think or judge
    C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu? ― Where do you think he has gone.
  2. seem

Synonyms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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