sail
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===Etymology
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From
saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from
seġl, from
*seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Холандски zeil, Немачки Segel, Шведски segel.
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sail (countable and uncountable, plural sails)
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- Take in sail: a storm is coming.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- Let's go for a sail.
- (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- Twenty sail were in sight.
- The blade of a windmill.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- We caught three sails today.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- Шаблон:rfdatek
- Like an eagle soaring / To weather his broad sails.
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Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:sail
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Etymology 2
From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English siġlan (“to sail”), from *siglijaną. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Холандски zeilen, Немачки segeln, Шведски segla, Icelandic sigla.
Verb
sail
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- We sail for Australia tomorrow.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Romeo
- Шаблон:RQ:YGO FRM
- [flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"]
- A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.
- 2011 април 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport[1]:
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- (intransitive) To move briskly.
- The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.
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Anagrams
Basque
Noun
sail
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Енглески sail. Дублети of zeil
Pronunciation
Noun
sail n (plural sails)
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish sal, from Proto-Celtic *salā.
Pronunciation
Noun
sail f (genitive singular saile)
- dirt, dross, impurity
- sail mhiotail ― metal dross
- stain, defilement
- sail pheaca ― the stain of sin
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sail | shail after an, tsail |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “sal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “sal” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 589.
- "sail" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “sail” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Volapük
Noun
sail (nominative plural sails)
Declension
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински solea (“sole”).
Noun
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- base, basis, foundation
- Синоним: sylfaen
Derived terms
- seiliedig (“established; fundamental”)
Mutation
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
sail | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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