tuathal

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish túaithbel, from túath (“left, north”) + sel (“turn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəhəl̪ˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠuəhəlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəfəlˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠuəfəl̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form tuaifeal)

Adverb

tuathal

  1. counterclockwise, anticlockwise

Antonyms

Noun

tuathal m (genitive singular tuathail)

  1. left-hand side (any absolute geographic location on the left, as one faces the rising sun)
  2. movement against the direction of the sun (from west to east)
  3. error, blunder

Usage notes

As an attributive (in the genitive case), this takes on the meaning left (as opposed to 'right') or wrong:

  • ar taobh tuathail ― on the left side.
  • an taobh tuathail amach ― the wrong side out.

Declension

Declension of tuathal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative tuathal
vocative a thuathail
genitive tuathail
dative tuathal
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tuathal
genitive an tuathail
dative leis an tuathal
don tuathal

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuathal
radical lenition eclipsis
tuathal thuathal dtuathal

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

References

  1. ^ “tuathal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 212, page 80

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish túaithbel, from túath (“left, north”) + sel (“turn”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tuathal

  1. anticlockwise
  2. confused, agitated
  3. (dated) unlucky, ill-omened

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tuathal
radical lenition
tuathal thuathal

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

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