taisteal

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taistel.

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

1. verbal noun of taistil
2. travel
3. (fishing) hackle

   Synonym: siostal

4. (basketball) travelling

Derived terms

• taistealach (“travelling, fond of travel”, adjective)
• taistealaí (“traveller”)
• taistil (“travel”, verb)

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

1. (textiles) hackle

Derived terms

• taistealáil f (“(act of) hackling”)

Declension

Declension of taisteal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative taisteal Vocative a thaistil Genitive taistil Dative taisteal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an taisteal Genitive an taistil Dative leis an taisteal don taisteal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taisteal	thaisteal	dtaisteal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taisteal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taisteal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taisteal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taistel, taistell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• taisdeal

Etymology

From Old Irish taistel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰaʃtʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taisteil, plural taistealan)

1. travel, journey

Derived terms

• taistealaiche

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
taisteal	thaisteal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “taisteal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taistel, taistell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language