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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish caistél (compare Scottish Gaelic caisteal, Manx cashtal), from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of caiseal.
Noun
caistéal m (genitive singular caistéil, nominative plural caistéil)
- (literary) castle
- Synonym: caisleán
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| caistéal
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chaistéal
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gcaistéal
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caistél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caistéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caistéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN