deiseil
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dessel, from dess (“south, right”) and sel (“turn”). See deas and seal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deiseil (comparative deiseile)
- ready, prepared, finished
- Synonym: ullamh
- A bheil thu deiseil? ― Are you ready?
- 1921, Stuart Ruaraidh Joseph Erskine, An Ròsarnach, volume 3, Glasgow: Alasdair MacLabhrainn & Sons, page 80:
- Bha a' bhanntrach 'ga deanamh fèin deiseil air son na h-eaglaise.
- The widow was getting herself ready for church.
- southward, sunward
- rightward, clockwise
- having a southern exposure
- lucky
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “prepared”): aindeiseil
Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]deiseil
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “clockwise”): tuathail
Descendants
[edit]- → English: deasil
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
deiseil | dheiseil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |