{"id":3732,"date":"2018-11-27T13:04:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T13:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:28:24","slug":"eyes-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/11\/27\/eyes-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes &#038; Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for <strong>sun<\/strong>, <strong>eye<\/strong>  and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/31052637944\/in\/album-72157623018998395\/\" title=\"A view from Jack Scout\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/756\/31052637944_0020416563_z.jpg\" alt=\"A view from Jack Scout\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*s\u016ble<\/strong> = suns, dual of <strong>*s\u016blos<\/strong>, genitive of <strong>*s\u0101wol<\/strong> = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Primitive Irish<\/th>\n<td><strong>*s\u016bli<\/strong> = eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00fail<\/strong> [su\u02d0l\u02b2] = eye, hope, expectation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00fail<\/strong> [s\u02e0u\u02d0l\u02b2 \/ s\u02e0u\u02d0l] = eye; expectation, hope; something resembling or suggesting an eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>s\u00f9il<\/strong> [su\u02d0l] = eye; glance, look; expectation; fancy, notion; opening; (<em>rope<\/em>) eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>sooill<\/strong> [su\u02d0l\u02b2] = eye, eyepiece, ocellus, sheath of bud, hole of strap<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>haul<\/strong> [ha\u0268\u032fl \/ hai\u032fl] = sun, sunlight<br \/>\n<strong>heulo<\/strong> = to shine, be sunny, expose to the sun, air (clothes), display<br \/>\n<strong>heulog<\/strong> = sunny, solar, cheerful, smiling<br \/>\n<strong>torheulo, bolaheulo<\/strong> = to sunbathe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>houl<\/strong> = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>howl<\/strong> [h\u0254\u028al] = sun<br \/>\n<strong>howldrevel<\/strong> = sunrise, east<br \/>\n<strong>howllen<\/strong> = parasol<br \/>\n<strong>howlleski<\/strong> = to tan<br \/>\n<strong>howlleskys<\/strong> = sunburnt, tan<br \/>\n<strong>howllosk<\/strong> = sunburn<br \/>\n<strong>howlsedhes<\/strong> = sunset, west<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>heol<\/strong> = sun, sunny place, censer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*s\u00f3h\u2082wl\u0325.<\/em> (sun) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/s%C3%B3h%E2%82%82wl%CC%A5\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*sawenos<\/strong> = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>haun, hvun<\/strong> = sun, sunlight, sunshine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>haun<\/strong> [\u02c8h\u0268.an \/ \u02c8hi\u02d0.an] = sun, sunlight, sunshine, bright, radiant, sunny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>huon<\/strong> = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Etymology: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*sh\u0325\u2082u\u00e9n<\/em>, from <em>*s\u00f3h\u2082wl\u0325<\/em> (sun) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/huan#Welsh\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*lukato-<\/strong> = eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*lugad<\/strong> = eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>llygad<\/strong> [\u02c8\u026c\u0259\u0261ad] = eye; iris of the eye; region around the eye; look, gaze; sight, vision; viewpoint<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lagas<\/strong> [&#8216;lagas \/ l\u00e6g\u0250z] = eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lagad<\/strong> [\u02c8la.\u0261at] = eye, look, light, eyelet, sleeve, mesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European <em>*lewk-<\/em> (to shine) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/lukato-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*gr\u0113n\u0101 \/ *g\u02b7rensn\u0101<\/strong> = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>grian<\/strong> [\u0261\u02b2r\u02b2i\u02d0a\u032fn] = sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>grian<\/strong> [\u02c8g\u027e\u02b2i\u0259n\u02e0] = sun; paragon<br \/>\n<strong>grianach<\/strong> = sunny, cheerful, pleasant<br \/>\n<strong>grianadh<\/strong> = sunning, basking<br \/>\n<strong>grian\u00e1n<\/strong> = sunny upper room , solar; person of sunny disposition, loved one, darling<br \/>\n<strong>grianbhu\u00ed<\/strong> = mellow, golden, sunlight<br \/>\n<strong>grianchlog<\/strong> = sundial<br \/>\n<strong>grianch\u00f3ras<\/strong> = solar system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>grian<\/strong> [gr\u02b2ian] = sun<br \/>\n<strong>grainach<\/strong> [gr\u02b2ian\u0259x] = sunny<br \/>\n<strong>grainan<\/strong> = sunny spot; place for drying (esp. peat); sundog, mock sun (parhelion)<br \/>\n<strong>grian-stad<\/strong> = solstice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>grian<\/strong> [\u0261ri\u02d0n \/ \u0261ri\u1d48n] = sun, sunlight, sunshine<br \/>\n<strong>grian-vroit<\/strong> = sunbaked<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Etymology: possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b7\u02b0er-<\/em> (to be warm, hot) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gr%C3%ADan#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=CwUGAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover\">Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/devri.bzh\/\">Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geriafurch.bzh\/br\">Geriafurch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1775355&amp;u=184793&amp;m=70611&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/70611\/728x90_00.jpg\" alt=\"italki - Win cash rewards for learning any language\" width=\"630\" height=\"78\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;re looking at the words for sun, eye and related things in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *s\u016ble = suns, dual of *s\u016blos, genitive of *s\u0101wol = sun Primitive Irish *s\u016bli = eye Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) s\u00fail [su\u02d0l\u02b2] = eye, hope, expectation Irish (Gaeilge) s\u00fail [s\u02e0u\u02d0l\u02b2 \/ s\u02e0u\u02d0l] = eye; expectation, hope; something resembling or suggesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,21,3,22,27,10,41,42,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-parts-of-the-body","category-primitive-irish","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions\/6439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}