síol

See also: sìol

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish síl (“seed”), from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (compare Welsh hil), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) (compare Latin sēmen (“seed”), Old English sāwan (“to sow”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃiːl]

Noun

síol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)

  1. (agriculture, botany) seed
  2. (biology) semen, sperm
  3. offspring, progeny, descendants; race

Declension
Declension of síol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative síol síolta
Vocative a shíl a shíolta
Genitive síl síolta
Dative síol síolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an síol na síolta
Genitive an tsíl na síolta
Dative leis an síol

don síol

 leis na síolta

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • aimsir an tsíl (“seed-time”)
  • coirce síl (“seed oats”)
  • dul chun síl (“to go to seed”)
  • oisre síl (“seed-oyster”)
  • síol a chur (“to sow seed”)
  • síol Choinn (“the race of Conn”)
  • síol coirce (“oat-seed”)
  • síol cruithneachta (“wheat-seed”)
  • síol Eoghain (“the race of Eoghan”)
  • síol eorna (“barley-seed”)
  • síol féir (“grass seed; first crop of grass”)
  • síol oisre (“spat”)

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

References
  • "síol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “síl” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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