deiseal

• deisal, deasil, deisul, deshil

deiseal (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of deasil

deiseal (plural deiseals)

1. Alternative form of deasil

• Adelies, aediles, dealies, ædiles

From Middle Irish dessel, from Old Irish dess (“right, south”) and sel (“turn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeʃəlˠ/

deiseal

1. to the right
2. clockwise
3. sunwise

• tuathal
• tuaithbel

• → English: deiseal, deisal, deasil, deisul, deshil

deiseal m (genitive singular deisil)

1. right-hand side (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
2. the direction of the sun (from east to west)

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

• ar taobh deisil ― on the right side

• deisealán
• deiseal agus treiseal (“on all sides, in all directions”)

deiseal!

1. bless you (said after someone has sneezed)

   Synonym: Dia linn!

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dessel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language