Caiseal

See also: caiseal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Caisel, from Latin castellum. Proper use of caiseal (“stone fort”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃəl̪ˠ/, /ˈkaʃəlˠ/

Proper noun

(an) Caiseal m (genitive Caisil or an Chaisil)

1. (without the definite article) Cashel (a town in County Tipperary, Ireland)
2. (with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Galway, Ireland)
3. (with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Mayo, Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Caiseal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Caiseal Vocative a Chaisil Genitive Caisil Dative Caiseal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Caiseal Genitive an Chaisil Dative leis an gCaiseal don Chaiseal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Caiseal	Chaiseal	gCaiseal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Caiseal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Cashel”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm