"saol" meaning in Irish

See saol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sˠeːl̪ˠ/ [Munster], /sˠiːlˠ/ [Connacht], /sˠiːl̪ˠ/ [Connacht], /sˠiːlˠ/ [Ulster], /sˠiːl̪ˠ/ [Ulster], /sˠɯːlˠ/ [Ulster] (note: older)
Etymology: From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|saegul||lifetime, world}} Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), {{der|ga|la|saeculum}} Latin saeculum Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|saoil|||||||nominative plural|saolta|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta), {{ga-noun|m|saoil|~ta}} saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: saoil [genitive, singular], saolta [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], saol [indefinite, nominative, singular], saolta [indefinite, nominative, plural], a shaoil [indefinite, singular, vocative], a shaolta [indefinite, plural, vocative], saoil [genitive, indefinite, singular], saolta [genitive, indefinite, plural], saol [dative, indefinite, singular], saolta [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an saol [definite, nominative, singular], na saolta [definite, nominative, plural], an tsaoil [definite, genitive, singular], na saolta [definite, genitive, plural], leis an saol [dative, definite, singular], don saol [dative, definite, singular], leis na saolta [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], saol [error-unrecognized-form], shaol [error-unrecognized-form], tsaol [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], saoghal [alternative]
  1. life, lifetime Tags: masculine Synonyms (life): beatha
    Sense id: en-saol-ga-noun-siaSOy3g Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'life': 100 0
  2. world Tags: masculine Synonyms (world): domhan
    Sense id: en-saol-ga-noun-SG6kYiTR Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'world': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: árachas saoil (english: life insurance), gearrshaolach (english: short-lived) [adjective], saol gnéis (english: sex life) [masculine], saolach (english: long-lived) [adjective], saolacht (english: survival) [feminine], saolaí (english: tenant for life) [masculine], saolaigh (english: be born; deliver) [verb], saolmhar (english: long-lived) [adjective], saolré (english: life cycle) [feminine], saolta (english: worldly, mundane; lay) [adjective], seansaol (english: old time(s)) [feminine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "life insurance",
      "word": "árachas saoil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "short-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "gearrshaolach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sex life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saol gnéis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "long-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "survival",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saolacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tenant for life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saolaí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "be born; deliver",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "saolaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "long-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolmhar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "life cycle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saolré"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "worldly, mundane; lay",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "old time(s)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "saeculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin saeculum",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "saoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saoghal",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "saolta",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "saoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "saoil",
        "3": "~ta"
      },
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    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "life, lifetime"
      ],
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        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "life",
          "word": "beatha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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        {
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        },
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          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "the whole world; all people, everyone",
          "text": "an saol mór",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "world"
      ],
      "id": "en-saol-ga-noun-SG6kYiTR",
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          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "world",
          "word": "domhan"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɯːlˠ/",
      "note": "older",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠɤːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "saol"
}
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "life insurance",
      "word": "árachas saoil"
    },
    {
      "english": "short-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "gearrshaolach"
    },
    {
      "english": "sex life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saol gnéis"
    },
    {
      "english": "long-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolach"
    },
    {
      "english": "survival",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saolacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "tenant for life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saolaí"
    },
    {
      "english": "be born; deliver",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "saolaigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "long-lived",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolmhar"
    },
    {
      "english": "life cycle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saolré"
    },
    {
      "english": "worldly, mundane; lay",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "saolta"
    },
    {
      "english": "old time(s)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seansaol"
    }
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        "3": "saegul",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lifetime, world"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "saeculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin saeculum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shaolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saolta",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsaoil",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na saolta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an saol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don saol",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na saolta",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "shaol",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tsaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "saoghal",
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      ]
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "saoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "life, lifetime"
      ],
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        [
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          "life"
        ],
        [
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          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "the whole world; all people, everyone",
          "text": "an saol mór",
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      ],
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        "world"
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        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɯːlˠ/",
      "note": "older",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠɤːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "life",
      "word": "beatha"
    },
    {
      "sense": "world",
      "word": "domhan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saol"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: saol/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "saol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "saol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "saol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "saol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "saol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "saol",
  "trace": ""
}

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