seall

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sellaid, from Proto-Celtic *sil-n- (“to look”), of uncertain ultimate origin; compare Irish súil (“eye”),[1] as well as Old Irish solus (“bright, clear”) and Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

seall (past sheall, future seallaidh, verbal noun sealltainn, past participle seallte)

  1. look
  2. see
  3. show

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “sil-n”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “seall”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page seall
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  7. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 62
  8. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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