caisel

See also: Caisel

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin castellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.sʲəl/
  • (Blasse) [ˈka.sʲel]
  • (Griffith) [ˈka.sʲəl]

Noun

caisel n (genitive caisil, nominative plural caisle)

1. stone wall, rampart
2. ringfort

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	caiselN	caiselN	caiselL, caisle
vocative	caiselN	caiselN	caiselL, caisle
accusative	caiselN	caiselN	caiselL, caisle
genitive	caisilL	caisel	caiselN
dative	caisiulL	caislib	caislib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Caisel

Descendants

• Irish: caiseal
  • → English: cashel
• Scottish Gaelic: caiseal

Mutation

Mutation of caisel

radical	lenition	nasalization
caisel	chaisel	caisel pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caisel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language