caistéal

See also: caisteal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caisdiall, caistiall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish caistél (compare Scottish Gaelic caisteal, Manx cashtal), from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of caiseal.

Noun

caistéal m (genitive singular caistéil, nominative plural caistéil)

  1. (literary) castle
    Synonym: caisleán

Declension

Declension of caistéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caistéal caistéil
vocative a chaistéil a chaistéala
genitive caistéil caistéal
dative caistéal caistéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caistéal na caistéil
genitive an chaistéil na gcaistéal
dative leis an gcaistéal
don chaistéal 		leis na caistéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of caistéal
radical lenition eclipsis
caistéal chaistéal gcaistéal

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

Further reading

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