roiseáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• raiseáil

Etymology

From rois (“ravel out, unravel; rip, rend, tear”) +‎ -áil.

Noun

roiseáil m (genitive singular roiseála)

1. Synonym of roiseadh (“ragged cutting”)

Declension

Declension of roiseáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative roiseáil vocative a roiseáil genitive roiseála dative roiseáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an roiseáil genitive na roiseála dative leis an roiseáil don roiseáil

Derived terms

• roiseálaí m (“render, tearer; spouter”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roiseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN