síol

See also: sìol and siół

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): /ʃiː(ə)l̪ˠ/, /ʃiː(ə)lˠ/

Noun

síol m (genitive singular síl, nominative plural síolta)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • aimsir an tsíl (seed-time)
  • coirce síl (seed oats)
  • dul chun síl (to go to seed)
  • oisre síl
  • 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

Verb

síol (present analytic síolann, future analytic síolfaidh, verbal noun síoladh, past participle síolta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of síolaigh (seed, sow; disseminate, spread)

Conjugation

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.

Further reading

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