seol

See also: seòl

Irish

Alternative forms
  • seól (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish séol (“sail; bed, couch; weaving implement, loom; course; manner, way”), borrowed from Old English seġl, seġel, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

Noun

seol m (genitive singular seoil, nominative plural seolta)

  1. (sailing) sail
  2. (literary) covering, canopy
  3. drift, trend; course, direction; flow, motion
  4. (crafts) loom
  5. (literary, uncountable) bed, couch
Declension
Declension of seol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative seol seolta
Vocative a sheoil a sheolta
Genitive seoil seolta
Dative seol seolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an seol na seolta
Genitive an tseoil na seolta
Dative leis an seol

don seol

 leis na seolta
Derived terms
  • bean seoil (“woman in childbirth”)
  • leaba luí seoil (“childbed”)
  • long seoil (“sailing-ship”)
  • luí seoil (“lying in”)
  • péist an tseoil (“sail-fish”)
  • ribín seoil (“reef-point, gasket”)
  • seol a ardú, seol a thógáil (“to hoist sail”)
  • seol a ísliú, seol a leagan (“to lower, strike, sail”)
  • seol bairr (“topsail”)
  • seol cinn (“jib”)
  • seol cleithe (“gaff-sail”)
  • seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
  • seol dobróin (“pall of sorrow”)
  • seol doininne, seol gaoithe móire (“storm-sail, trysail”)
  • seol gearr, seol giortach (“shortened sail”)
  • seol innill (“power-loom”)
  • seol láimhe (“hand-loom”)
  • seol mara (“tidal motion of sea”)
  • seol mór (“mainsail”)
  • seol spreoide (“sprit-sail”)
  • seol stagh (“staysail”)
  • seol tosaigh (“foresail”)
  • soitheach seoil (“sailing-vessel”)

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)

  1. sail
  2. send, dispatch; direct, guide
  3. address
  4. conduct, handle
  5. (electricity, heat) conduct
  6. (sailing) navigate
  7. (of goods) ship
  8. (book, CD) launch
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
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 / seolfainn‡‡ sheolfá / seolfᇇ sheolfadh sé, sí / seolfadh sé, s퇇 sheolfaimis; sheolfadh muid / seolfaimis‡‡; seolfadh muid‡‡ sheolfadh sibh / seolfadh sibh‡‡ sheolfaidís; sheolfadh siad / seolfaidís‡‡; seolfadh siad‡‡ a sheolfadh /
ar sheolfadh*		 sheolfaí / seolfa퇇
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
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms
  • (sail): déan seoltóireacht
  • (conduct, handle): láimhseáil, stiúir
  • (navigate): loingsigh
  • (launch): lainseáil
Derived terms
  • seoléadach (“sailcloth”)
  • seoladán (“conduit”)
  • seoladh (“sailing, sail; course, direction; guidance; dispatch; opening statement; address; conduction”)
  • seoltóir (“sailor; sender, remitter; drover; conductor”)

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

Further reading
  • "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.
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