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sil.

to drop (fall in drops or droplets), drip (fall one drop at a time)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃɪlʲ/Connacht, Munster/ʃɨ̞lʲ/Ulster
  1. to drop (fall in drops or droplets), drip (fall one drop at a time)

    intransitive
  2. to shed (allow to flow or fall), drip (let fall in drops), weep

    transitive
  3. to trickle, distil (trickle down in small drops)

    ambitransitive
  4. to drain (flow gradually), flow, run

    transitive
  5. to hang down, droop

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”). Doublet of siúil.

noun/ʃɪlʲ/Connacht, Munster/ʃɨ̞lʲ/Ulster
  1. a drip

    feminine
  2. a trickle

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish silid (“to drip”). Doublet of siúil.

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