"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], /sˠeːlˠ/ [Ulster], /sˠeːl̪ˠ/ [Ulster], /sˠɤːlˠ/ [Ulster]
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-decl-m1|sa|ol|oil|pl=olta|strong=yes}}, {{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 [mutation, mutation-radical], shaol [lenition, mutation], tsaol [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. life, lifetime Tags: masculine Synonyms (life): beatha
    Sense id: en-saol-ga-noun-siaSOy3g Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 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 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'world': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saoghal (english: classical, superseded)
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]

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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"
      ],
      "word": "seansaol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "saegul",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lifetime, world"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”)",
      "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": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "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": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "saoil",
        "3": "~ta"
      },
      "expansion": "saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ol",
        "3": "oil",
        "pl": "olta",
        "strong": "yes"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life, lifetime"
      ],
      "id": "en-saol-ga-noun-siaSOy3g",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "life",
          "word": "beatha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the whole world; all people, everyone",
          "text": "an saol mór",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "id": "en-saol-ga-noun-SG6kYiTR",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "world",
          "word": "domhan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɯːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɤːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːlʲ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠiːlʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "classical, superseded",
      "word": "saoghal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saol"
}
{
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "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",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "saegul",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lifetime, world"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”)",
      "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": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "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": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "saoil",
        "3": "~ta"
      },
      "expansion": "saol m (genitive singular saoil, nominative plural saolta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ol",
        "3": "oil",
        "pl": "olta",
        "strong": "yes"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life, lifetime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the whole world; all people, everyone",
          "text": "an saol mór",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠiːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɯːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠeːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˠɤːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠeːlʲ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/sˠiːlʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "life",
      "word": "beatha"
    },
    {
      "sense": "world",
      "word": "domhan"
    },
    {
      "english": "classical, superseded",
      "word": "saoghal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saol"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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