deiseal

English

Alternative forms

• deisal, deasil, deisul, deshil

Adverb

deiseal (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of deasil

Noun

deiseal (plural deiseals)

1. Alternative form of deasil

Anagrams

• Adelies, aediles, dealies, ædiles

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dessel, from Old Irish dess (“right, south”) and sel (“turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeʃəlˠ/

Adverb

deiseal

1. to the right
2. clockwise
3. sunwise

Antonyms

• tuathal
• tuaithbel

Descendants

• → English: deiseal, deisal, deasil, deisul, deshil

Noun

deiseal m (genitive singular deisil)

1. right-hand side (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
2. the direction of the sun (from east to west)

Usage notes

As an attributive (in the genitive case), this takes on the meaning right (as opposed to 'left'):

• ar taobh deisil ― on the right side

Declension

Declension of deiseal (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative deiseal vocative a dheisil genitive deisil dative deiseal forms with the definite article singular nominative an deiseal genitive an deisil dative leis an deiseal don deiseal

Derived terms

• deisealán
• deiseal agus treiseal (“on all sides, in all directions”)

Interjection

deiseal!

1. bless you (said after someone has sneezed)

   Synonym: Dia linn!

Mutation

Mutated forms of deiseal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deiseal	dheiseal	ndeiseal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern 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), “dessel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language