deiseil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲeʃal/

Adjective

deiseil (comparative deiseile)

1. 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.

2. southward, sunward
3. rightward, clockwise
4. having a southern exposure
5. lucky

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “prepared”): aindeiseil

Related terms

• deas
• deasaich

Adverb

deiseil

1. southward, sunward
2. clockwise

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “clockwise”): tuathail

Descendants

• → English: deasil

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deiseil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC