# sáile
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈsˠɑːlʲə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈsˠaːlʲə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish sál, sáile.

#### Noun

sáile m (genitive singular sáile)
* salt water, seawater, brine
* the sea

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
sáile
vocative
a sháile
genitive
sáile
dative
sáile
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an sáile
genitive
an tsáile
dative
leis an sáile don sáile :

##### Derived terms

* Ceann Sáile (“Kinsale (a historic port and fishing town in County Cork)”)
* Gaoth Sáile (“Gweesalia (village in County Mayo)”)
* Loch an tSáile (“Lough Atalia (sea inlet in Galway City)”)
* seaicéad sáile (“pea-jacket”)
* thar sáile (“overseas, abroad”)

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sáile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “sáile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish sádaile (“ease, comfort, repose”).

#### Noun

sáile f (genitive singular sáile)
* ease, comfort
* self-indulgence
* luxuriant growth

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
sáile
vocative
a sháile
genitive
sáile
dative
sáile
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an tsáile
genitive
na sáile
dative
leis an tsáile don tsáile :

##### Alternative forms

* sádhaile (superseded)

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sáile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáḋaile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 586
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sáile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “sáile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

sáile
* inflection of sáil:
** genitive singular feminine
** nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
** comparative degree

#### Noun

sáile f
* genitive singular of sáil

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 100
* ↑ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sáile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 587
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sádaile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsaːlʲe]

### Noun

sáile m
* Alternative form of sál (“saltwater”)

### Noun

sáile
* genitive singular of sál (“heel”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language