Focal an Lae #56
The Word of the Day in Irish

Word: saol (SEE-uhl or SAYL)

Meaning: saol = life, lifetime; world

Usage:

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

2008-06-19 CPD