# saill
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Aran) IPA: /sˠail̠ʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /sˠæl̠ʲ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)
* salted meat
* fatty meat, fat, lard

##### Declension

Second declension

##### 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)
* (transitive, intransitive) salt, cure
* (figuratively, of speech) season
* (figuratively, of person) grossly overcharge, fleece

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | saillim | sailleann tú; saillir$^†$ | sailleann sé, sí | saillimid | sailleann sibh | sailleann siad; saillid$^†$ | a shailleann; a shailleas / a sailleann* | sailltear |
| indicative | past | shaill mé; shailleas | shaill tú; shaillis | shaill sé, sí | shailleamar; shaill muid | shaill sibh; shailleabhair | shaill siad; shailleadar | a shaill / ar shaill* | sailleadh |
| indicative | past habitual | shaillinn / saillinn‡‡ | shaillteá / saillteá‡‡ | shailleadh sé, sí / sailleadh sé, sí‡‡ | shaillimis; shailleadh muid / saillimis‡‡; sailleadh muid‡‡ | shailleadh sibh / sailleadh sibh‡‡ | shaillidís; shailleadh siad / saillidís‡‡; sailleadh siad‡‡ | a shailleadh / a sailleadh* | shailltí / sailltí‡‡ |
| future | 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 | conditional | shaillfinn / saillfinn‡‡ | shaillfeá / saillfeá‡‡ | shaillfeadh sé, sí / saillfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | shaillfimis; shaillfeadh muid / saillfimis‡‡; saillfeadh muid‡‡ | shaillfeadh sibh / saillfeadh sibh‡‡ | shaillfidís; shaillfeadh siad / saillfidís‡‡; saillfeadh siad‡‡ | a shaillfeadh / a saillfeadh* | shaillfí / saillfí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | saillim | saill | sailleadh sé, sí | saillimis | sailligí; saillidh$^†$ | saillidís | — | sailltear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh | sailleadh |
| past participle | past participle | saillte | saillte | saillte | saillte | saillte | saillte | saillte | saillte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Derived terms

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

### 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: /sal͈ʲ/

### Noun

saill f (genitive saille)
* salted meat, especially bacon

#### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | saill$^L$ | — | — |
| Vocative | saill$^L$ | — | — |
| Accusative | saill$^N$ | — | — |
| Genitive | saille$^H$ | — | — |
| Dative | saill$^L$ | — | — |
| 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

### 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: /saiʎ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

saill f (genitive singular saille)
* 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)
* pickle, cure, preserve, salt

### 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