saoghal

Irish

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, nominative plural saoghalta)

Declension of saoghal

First declension

Bare forms:

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

From Old Irish saegul (“lifetime, world”), from Latin saeculum.

saoghal m (genitive singular saoghail, plural saoghalan)

world, universe, earth
air feadh an t-saoghail ― throughout the world

Càit air an t-saoghal an robh sibh? ― Where on earth were you?
life, lifetime
fad do shaoghail ― during your lifetime

Ma gheibh mi saoghal, nì mi mo dhìcheall a bhith nam dhuine math. ― If I survive, I’ll try to be a good person.
(dated) age, generation
droch shaoghal ― bad times
(dated) means, subsistence, riches, occupation

Declension of saoghal (type I masculine noun)

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
saoghal	shaoghal after "an", t-saoghal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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