sócúl

Irish

Alternative forms

sócamhal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish socamail, from Old Irish socamail

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːˈkuːl̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːkuːlˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɔːkəlˠ/[1]

Noun

sócúl m (genitive singular sócúil)

ease, rest, comfort

Declension

Declension of sócúl

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	sócúl
Vocative	a shócúil
Genitive	sócúil
Dative	sócúl

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an sócúl
Genitive	an tsócúil
Dative	leis an sócúl don sócúl

Derived terms

sócúlach
sócúlacht

Further reading

“sócúl” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “socamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“sócaṁal” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 667.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

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