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: Case Singular Plural Nominative caistéal caistéil Vocative a chaistéil a chaistéala Genitive caistéil caistéal Dative caistéal caistéil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an caistéal na caistéil Genitive an chaistéil na gcaistéal Dative leis an gcaistéal don chaistéal leis na caistéil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caistéal	chaistéal	gcaistéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caistél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caistéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caistéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN