samail
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *samalis (“similitude, description”), cognate with Welsh hafal (“equal”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂el-ó- (“having the same upbringing”), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“with, together”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”)[2] which also gave rise to Latin similis (“similar”) and Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “same, smooth”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaṽɨlʲ]
Noun
samail f
- verbal noun of samlaidir
- likeness, similarity
- description
- simile, metaphor
- (with following genitive or preceding possessive) that which something is to be likened to or is like
- the like of, such a
Inflection
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “Samali-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Dunkel, George E. (2014), “Lexikon [Lexicon]”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 726
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “samail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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