soilsiú

Irish

Alternative forms
  • soillsiú, soillsiughadh, soilsiughadh[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish soilsigud.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

soilsiú m (genitive singular soilsithe)

  1. verbal noun of soilsigh
  2. illumination, lighting
  3. enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Declension
Declension of soilsiú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative soilsiú
Vocative a shoilsiú
Genitive soilsithe
Dative soilsiú

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an soilsiú
Genitive an tsoilsithe
Dative leis an soilsiú

don soilsiú

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soilsiú shoilsiú
after an, tsoilsiú		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “soilsiú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soillsigud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 225, page 83

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