Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Adverb

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deiseil

  1. southward, sunward
  2. clockwise

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of clockwise): tuathail

Descendants

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  • English: deasil

Mutation

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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

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  • 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