saoil

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sˠiːlʲ/ ==== Verb ==== saoil (present analytic saoileann, future analytic saoilfidh, verbal noun saoileadh, past participle saoilte) alternative form of síl (“to think; expect”) ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Further reading ==== Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saílid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “saoilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 592 === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== saoghail (superseded) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠeːlʲ/ (corresponding to the form saoghail) (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠiːlʲ/ ==== Noun ==== saoil genitive singular of saol === Mutation === === References === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish saílid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /s̪ɯːl/ === Verb === saoil (past shaoil, future saoilidh, verbal noun saoilsinn, past participle saoilte) suppose, think (=believe), imagine Shaoil mi. ― I thought. I believed (that). I imagined. An saoil thu? ― Do you think? Shaoileadh duine. ― One should suppose. Shaoil e gur e nàmhaid a bh' ann. ― He thought he was an enemy. Nach saoil thu? ― Do you not think? ma shaoileas tu ― if you think or judge C' àit' an deach e, saoil thu? ― Where do you think he has gone. seem ==== Synonyms ==== smaoinich === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “saoil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC