saule

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

saule (plural saules)

  1. Obsolete form of soul.
    • 1802, “Lyke-Wake Dirge”, in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Walter Scott:
      To purgatory fire thou comest at laste ; And Christe receive thye saule.
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) A hired mourner at a funeral.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French saule, from Old French saule (willow), from Gaulish salico (willow), from Proto-Celtic *salik, from Proto-Indo-European *salǝḱ-, *salǝk- (willow). Cognate with Old High German salaha (willow), Old English sealh (willow), Latin salix (willow, willow branch), Middle Irish sail (willow). More at sallow.

Old French saule displaced Old French sauz (willow), from Latin salix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sol/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Homophone: saules

Noun

saule m (plural saules)

  1. willow, willow tree

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Latgalian

Saule.

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ. Cognates include Latvian saule and Lithuanian saulė.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsàu̯lʲæ]
  • Hyphenation: sau‧le

Noun

saule f (diminutive sauleite)

  1. sun

Declension

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 11

Latvian

Saules sistēma

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáuˀlijāˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sāūle]

Noun

saule f (5th declension)

  1. sun (the star at the center of the Solar System, from which light and heat reach the Earth)
    saule spīdthe sun is shining
    rīta, vakara, vasaras saulemorning, evening, summer sun
    saule lec, rietthe sun rises, sets
    saules lēkts, rietssunrise, sunset
    celties līdz ar saulito rise with the sun (= early)
    saules stari, gaisma, siltumssun beams, light, heat
    saules sistēmaSolar System
    saules aptumsumssolar eclipse
    saules vējšsolar wind
    saules plankumisun spots
    saules enerģijasolar energy
  2. sun, sunlight (the light and heat that comes from the sun; area reached by this light and heat)
    sildīties saulēto bask in the sun
    istabā nav saulesin the room there is no sun
    kaktusiem vajadzīgs daudz saulescactuses need much sun
    acis žilbst saulēeyes are dazzled in the sun
    atlaisties saulēto sit in the sun
  3. (poetic) world
    šajā saulē dzivotto live in this world
    aiziet viņā saulēto go away from this world, to die

Usage notes

When used to refer to the central star of the Solar System, especially if seen as a location, saule is often capitalized: Saule.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑulɛ/

Noun

saule

  1. instrumental singular of saulė
  2. vocative singular of saulė

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French saoulee, soûlée, past participle of saouler, soûler; compare sauled.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sau̯ˈleː/, /ˈsau̯leː/

Noun

saule (uncountable)

  1. One's fill; a sufficient amount of food.
References

Noun

saule

  1. Alternative form of sowel (staff, stake)

Noun

saule

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of soule
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