Focal an Lae #56
The Word of the Day in Irish
Word: saol (SEE-uhl or SAYL)
Meaning: saol = life, lifetime; world
Usage:
- an saol seo (uh SEE-uhl shoh) = this life, this world
- saol fada (SEE-uhl FAH-duh) = a long life
- cúrsaí an tsaoil (KOOR-see uhn TEEL) = the affairs of the world
History: Old Irish “sáegul” was borrowed from Latin “saeculum” (generation, lifetime), which may derive from the Indo-European root *sē- (to sow).
An English cognate of Latin origin is “secular”.
Scottish Gaelic: saoghal