Caiseal
See also: caiseal
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Caisel, from Latin castellum. Proper use of caiseal (“stone fort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaʃəl̪ˠ/, /ˈkaʃəlˠ/
Proper noun
(an) Caiseal m (genitive Caisil or an Chaisil)
- (without the definite article) Cashel (a town in County Tipperary, Ireland)
- (with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Galway, Ireland)
- (with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Mayo, Ireland)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Caiseal | Chaiseal | gCaiseal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Caiseal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Cashel”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm