taisteal

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaʃtʲəl̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taistel.

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

1. verbal noun of taistil
2. travel
3. (fishing) hackle

   Synonym: siostal

4. (basketball) travelling

Derived terms

• taistealach (“travelling, fond of travel”, adjective)
• taistealaí (“traveller”)
• taistil (“travel”, verb)

Etymology 2

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Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taistil)

1. (textiles) hackle

Derived terms

• taistealáil f (“(act of) hackling”)

Declension

Declension of taisteal (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative taisteal vocative a thaistil genitive taistil dative taisteal forms with the definite article singular nominative an taisteal genitive an taistil dative leis an taisteal don taisteal

Mutation

Mutated forms of taisteal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taisteal	thaisteal	dtaisteal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taisteal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taistel, taistell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taisteal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taisteal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• taisdeal

Etymology

From Old Irish taistel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʰaʃtʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

taisteal m (genitive singular taisteil, plural taistealan)

1. travel, journey

Derived terms

• taistealaiche

Mutation

Mutation of taisteal

radical	lenition
taisteal	thaisteal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “taisteal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taistel, taistell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language