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

Adverb

deiseil

  1. southward, sunward
  2. clockwise

Antonyms

Descendants
  • → English: deasil

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
deiseildheiseil
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], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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