seihll

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul, from Latin saeculum. Cognate with Irish saol and Scottish Gaelic saoghal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seːl/, /sɯːl/, /siːl/

Noun

seihll m (genitive singular seihill, plural seihill)

  1. lifetime
    Cha naik mee rieau y lhied ayns ooilley'n seihll aym.
    I never saw the like in my lifetime.
  2. world
    Hug eh seose y Seihll.
    He relinquished the world.
    Eshyn as argid echey t'eh stiurey yn seihll.
    He who has money commands the world.

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
seihllheihll
after "yn", teihll		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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