siostal

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨ̞sˠt̪ˠəlˠ/

Noun

siostal m (genitive singular siostail, nominative plural siostail)

1. hackle (an instrument with pins)

   Synonym: taisteal

Declension

Declension of siostal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative siostal siostail Vocative a shiostail a shiostala Genitive siostail siostal Dative siostal siostail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an siostal na siostail Genitive an tsiostail na siostal Dative leis an siostal don siostal leis na siostail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
siostal	shiostal after an, tsiostal	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “siostal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siostal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 647
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siostal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38