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súil.

eye (organ through which animals see)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/sˠuːlʲ/
  1. eye (organ through which animals see)

    feminine
  2. hope, expectation

    feminine
    Tá súil agam go...
    Tá súil abhaile leat.
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish súil, from Proto-Celtic *sūle (“two suns”), dual of *sāwūl (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. The change in meaning in Irish is apparently due to the mythological view of the sun as the “eye of the sky”.

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