(résiu+ro, see Stokes,
CCath. Gloss
. s.v. sú) conjunction folld. by rel. form of verb. With lenition of follg.
consonant when folld. directly by verb (see
DDána Gloss
. );
but the combinations sul a, sul fo cause nasalization except
in the past tense of regular verbs. Also sol,
soil,
Fl. Earls
70.10
,
Luc. Fid. 237.2
.
siul,
TBC-LL¹ 3475
=
sīu,
TBC-I¹ 2672
.
re
sul,
AU ii 224.4
. sul added in marg. after
síu,
PH 1042
. ?
as
suil
,
ML² 2096
(in verse).
sul a gcuirthear,
Dánta Gr. 26.26
.
sul ar ghabh sí,
SG 1.9
.
sul fó dtugam,
Oss. iv 144.9
.
sul fó
dtáinig,
vi 66.7
. With follg. neg.
sul nach sgarud,
ZCP vi
105.5
.
sul nar fagaibh,
Stair Erc. 1052
. The form sul is incorrect in syll. verse according to
24 P 8, 238
cited
Aithd. D. Gloss
.
(a)
before
. With indic.:
sul tarraid a n-etráin,
TBC-LL¹ 4579
.
suil adralsat a ngliaid nglé,
Metr. Dinds. iii 272.35
.
sul do
fhacaib Meadb in mag,
364.113
.
suil do baistedh in naoidhin,
BNnÉ 132.10
.
suil tarla i dtoirchim,
TD 24.33
.
sul táinig
Pádraic,
Keat. i 226.16
. suil do bhí an talamh ann `or ever
the earth was',
Proverbs viii 23
.
siul gairmes in cailech,
TBC-LL¹ 3475
.
sul éirgius lucht in baile,
SG 243.16
.
bláth ar n-olc sul aibghigheas,
DDána 11.15
. na trí chonnsuine dhég . . . suil chuireas
.h. a n-iomad áirmhe íad until they are increased by the addition
of h,
IGT Introd. § 1 (1.15)
. sul sguirfeas mé `before I cease',
Content. v 47
.
sul íosfam iad,
TSh. 8897
.
With condit.: sul do féadfaidhe ar n-eadráin before we could
be separated,
Content. xv 20
.
sol ticfadh ēn-ghloine . . . este,
Fl. Earls 70.10
.
With subjunctive:
sul donéor mo mudu,
TBC-LL¹ 3078
. sulbustrasta imbarach before this time tomorrow,
4271
(sul tí, v.l.).
sul deach ar saoghal seachoinn `ere my life be spent',
Dán Dé
iv 8
.
suil tí ara thoil,
L. Cl. A. B. 172.3
.
a héideadh Dé
sul dheachar,
DDána 58.19
.
sul dechus grian fai,
Fier. 26
. ro
marbadh é féin inn . . . re sul budh cenn mís (impf. subj.?),
AU ii 224.4
.
(b)
before in sense of rather than that, lest
. With subj.: créad
nár áirmhis tríochaid céad | sul do churthaoi im leith-si bréag
rather than that I should be accused of a lie,
Content. v 150
.
With future: is erlam sinde fri bás . . . síu (sul) dogénum
édpart do na deeb we are ready to die rather than make sacrifice
to the gods,
PH 1042
. suil bhus saoghlach sinn rather than that
I should live,
TD 11.38
. With conditional: sul do chífed a oidi
. . . amlaid sin hí rather than that her foster-father should see her
thus,
Acall. 2986
.
suil do beradh taobh . . . | le drochbreithir
nD.,
Cog. 88.24
.
suil do cluinfinn an t-allmurach ac rád na
m-briathar so,
CF 942
.
sul dobeinn isin carcair-so,
ZCP vi
100.17
.
sol tiocfadh a dtimchioll an b[hoile],
Cín Lae Ó Meall. 46.20
.
(c) Hence
rather than that, lest
: sul lenus sé in chalann (of
the soul),
O'Gr. Cat. 446.14
. With pres. subj.:
suil sgara sinne
. . . ruibh,
Aithd. D. 92.22
. sul mhealla sé sinn ar-aon | ná
féach ar an bhfolt lest it beguile both of us,
Dánta Gr. 16.65
.
suil bheas aimhréidh eatarra `lest there be disagreement between
them',
TD 24.3
.
sul dheach meas ar méad mo chean,
DDána
7.24
. With impf. subj.: suil tísiodh oilbhéim lest reproach
should come,
L. Cl. A. B. 208.18
.