taisteal

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaʃtʲəl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taistel.

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

  1. verbal noun of taistil
  2. travel
  3. (fishing) hackle
    Synonym: siostal
  4. (basketball) travelling
Derived terms
  • taistealach (travelling, fond of travel, adjective)
  • taistealaí (traveller)
  • taistil (travel, verb)

Etymology 2

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Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

  1. (textiles) hackle
Derived terms
  • taistealáil f ((act of) hackling)

Declension

Declension of taisteal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative taisteal
vocative a thaistil
genitive taistil
dative taisteal
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an taisteal
genitive an taistil
dative leis an taisteal
don taisteal

Mutation

Mutated forms of taisteal
radical lenition eclipsis
taisteal thaisteal dtaisteal

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • taisdeal

Etymology

From Old Irish taistel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaʃtʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taisteil, plural taistealan)

  1. travel, journey

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of taisteal
radical lenition
taisteal thaisteal

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “taisteal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taistel, taistell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language