saol

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠeːl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /sˠiːlˠ/, /sˠiːl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠiːlˠ/, /sˠiːl̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɯːlˠ/; (less common) /sˠeːlˠ/, /sˠeːl̪ˠ/, (older) /sˠɤːlˠ/[1]

The genitive singular of this word is pronounced /sˠeːlʲ/ in Munster and formerly County Kilkenny, and not /sˠiːlʲ/ as suggested by standard spelling saoil.

Noun

saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)

  1. life, lifetime
  2. world
    an saol mór ― the whole world; all people, everyone

Declension
Declension of saol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saol saolta
Vocative a shaoil a shaolta
Genitive saoil saolta
Dative saol saolta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an saol na saolta
Genitive an tsaoil na saolta
Dative leis an saol

don saol

 leis na saolta

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • árachas saoil (“life insurance”)
  • gearrshaolach (“short-lived”, adjective)
  • saol gnéis m (“sex life”)
  • saolach (“long-lived”, adjective)
  • saolacht f (“survival”)
  • saolaí m (“tenant for life”)
  • saolaigh (“be born; deliver”, verb)
  • saolmhar (“long-lived”, adjective)
  • saolré f (“life cycle”)
  • saolta (“worldly, mundane; lay”, adjective)
  • seansaol f (“old time(s)”)

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Further reading

Sui

Pronunciation
  • (Sandong) IPA(key): /saːu˩˧/

Pronoun

saol

  1. ye, you all (second-person plural pronoun)

See also
Sui personal pronouns
singular inclusive plural exclusive plural
1st person yuz ndaol ndiul
2nd person nnaz saol
3rd person manl jenl manl

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ol

Interjection

saol

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sağ ol.
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