deiseil
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dessel, from dess (“south, right”) and sel (“turn”). See deas and seal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deiseil (comparative deiseile)
- 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.
- southward, sunward
- rightward, clockwise
- having a southern exposure
- lucky
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “prepared”): aindeiseil
Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]deiseil
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “clockwise”): tuathail
Descendants
[edit]- → English: deasil
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| deiseil | dheiseil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap