saill

See also: sa'ill

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /sˠail̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠæl̠ʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

1. salted meat
2. fatty meat, fat, lard

Declension

Declension of saill (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative saill vocative a shaill genitive saille dative saill forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsaill genitive na saille dative leis an tsaill don tsaill

Derived terms

• sailleach
• brat saille
• fíochán saille
• saill ime

Related terms

• saillteacht f (“saltiness”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (present analytic sailleann, future analytic saillfidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

1. (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
2. (figuratively, of speech) season
3. (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	saillim	sailleann tú; saillir†	sailleann sé, sí	saillimid	sailleann sibh	sailleann siad; saillid†	a shailleann; a shailleas / a sailleann*	sailltear
	past	shaill mé; shailleas	shaill tú; shaillis	shaill sé, sí	shailleamar; shaill muid	shaill sibh; shailleabhair	shaill siad; shailleadar	a shaill / ar shaill*	sailleadh
	past habitual	shaillinn / saillinn‡‡	shaillteá / saillteᇇ	shailleadh sé, sí / sailleadh sé, s퇇	shaillimis; shailleadh muid / saillimis‡‡; sailleadh muid‡‡	shailleadh sibh / sailleadh sibh‡‡	shaillidís; shailleadh siad / saillidís‡‡; sailleadh siad‡‡	a shailleadh / a sailleadh*	shailltí / saillt퇇
future		saillfidh mé; saillfead	saillfidh tú; saillfir†	saillfidh sé, sí	saillfimid; saillfidh muid	saillfidh sibh	saillfidh siad; saillfid†	a shaillfidh; a shaillfeas / a saillfidh*	saillfear
conditional		shaillfinn / saillfinn‡‡	shaillfeá / saillfeᇇ	shaillfeadh sé, sí / saillfeadh sé, s퇇	shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid / saillfimis‡‡; saillfeadh muid‡‡	shaillfeadh sibh / saillfeadh sibh‡‡	shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad / saillfidís‡‡; saillfeadh siad‡‡	a shaillfeadh / a saillfeadh*	shaillfí / saillf퇇
subjunctive	present	go saille mé; go saillead†	go saille tú; go saillir†	go saille sé, sí	go saillimid; go saille muid	go saille sibh	go saille siad; go saillid†	—	go sailltear
	past	dá saillinn	dá saillteá	dá sailleadh sé, sí	dá saillimis; dá sailleadh muid	dá sailleadh sibh	dá saillidís; dá sailleadh siad	—	dá sailltí
imperative		saillim	saill	sailleadh sé, sí	saillimis	sailligí; saillidh†	saillidís	—	sailltear
verbal noun		sailleadh
past participle		saillte

conjugation of saill (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• iasc saillte (“salt fish”)
• saillteoir (“salter, curer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of saill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saill	shaill after an, tsaill	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sall

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *salnā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal͈ʲ/

Noun

saill f (genitive saille)

1. salted meat, especially bacon

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	saillL	—	—
Vocative	saillL	—	—
Accusative	saillN	—	—
Genitive	sailleH	—	—
Dative	saillL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• saillid (“salts, cures”, verb)

Descendants

• Irish: saill
• Manx: sahll
• Scottish Gaelic: saill

Mutation

Mutation of saill

radical	lenition	nasalization
saill	ṡaill	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saiʎ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saill (“salted meat, bacon”).

Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)

1. fat, grease, suet

Related terms

• sult m (“fat”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish saillid (“he salts, cures”), from saill.

Verb

saill (past shaill, future saillidh, verbal noun sailleadh, past participle saillte)

1. pickle, cure, preserve, salt

Mutation

Mutation of saill

radical	lenition
saill	shaill after "an", t-saill

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “saill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saillid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language