sáil

See also: sail, Sail, sàil, and saïl

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish sál.

Alternative forms

Noun

sáil f (genitive singular sáile, nominative plural sála)

  1. (anatomy, of shoes) heel
  2. (golf) heel of a club
  3. heeltap (of liquor)
Declension
Declension of sáil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sáil sála
Vocative a sháil a shála
Genitive sáile sál
Dative sáil sála

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsáil na sála
Genitive na sáile na sál
Dative leis an tsáil

don tsáil

 leis na sála
Derived terms
  • sáilchaite (“down at heel”) (of shoes)
  • sáil cíle (“heel”) (of ship's keel)
  • sáil crainn (“heel of mast”)
  • sáil sléibhe (“spur of mountain”)
  • sáil stiúrach (“heel of rudder”)
  • sála arda (“high heels”)
  • sála fuiseoige (“larkspur”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

sáil (genitive singular feminine sáile, plural sáile, comparative sáile)

  1. easy, restful, comfortable
  2. fond of ease and comfort
  3. self-indulgent, voluptuous
Declension
Declension of sáil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative sáil sháil sáile;
sháile²
Vocative sháil sáile
Genitive sáile sáile sáil
Dative sáil;
sháil¹		 sháil sáile;
sháile²
Comparative níos sáile
Superlative is sáile

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

Further reading
  • "sáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 sál” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saːlʲ/

Noun

sáil

  1. inflection of sál (“heel”):
    1. accusative and dative singular
    2. nominative and accusative and vocative dual

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sáil ṡáil unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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