caisel

See also: Caisel

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin castellum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkasʲel]

Noun

caisel n (genitive caisil, nominative plural caisle)

  1. stone wall, rampart
  2. ringfort

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative caiselN caiselN caiselL, caisle
vocative caiselN caiselN caiselL, caisle
accusative caiselN caiselN caiselL, caisle
genitive caisilL caisel caiselN
dative caisiulL caislib caislib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: caiseal
    • → English: cashel
  • Scottish Gaelic: caiseal

Mutation

Mutation of caisel
radical lenition nasalization
caisel chaisel caisel
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

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