{"id":4031,"date":"2025-08-02T13:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2025-08-02T13:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:19:50","slug":"celtic-pathways-sunwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4031","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Pathways &#8211; Sunwise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Celtic Pathways &amp;#8211; Sunwise\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-02T13:19:50+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode we unravel the Celtic roots the English word deiseal.\n\n\n\nDeiseal [\u02c8dj\u025b\u0283\u0259l] refers to a motion towards the right, in the direction of the hands of a clock or of the apparent motion of the sun (in the Northern Hemisphere); a turning in ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1642\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4031-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4031-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/sunwise.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"sunwise.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode we unravel the Celtic roots the English word <strong>deiseal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/101532154@N06\/34176221631\/in\/photolist-U5351x-kVhhW-ogMSFS-76txjj-TEczrA-6RkrF7-2kNsP8k-2qw4Ztb-2n7vSuU-FnMDAN-535UGK-2kodomY-2iJPPm8-JXufjM-2o1sg6k-ugTZVq-2qjoAYu-2oG2oKZ-bm8MPP-2nrzruV-2pyktcg-AvEEuw-5pbqve-28YtRQf-2kvJ23U-faHbwU-fmB4e1-kYrpe-cHbKCu-231Q7fV-7mY8ML-6n8kDN-biyjxi-bUADQb-2qQUpkw-7jTJF6-AXyjyH-eAzbkU-4Y5Kmv-7oA1dh-7oA169-7oA11G-7oA13L-DNr36c-4EbYRm-rVvYNc-2qPVUvP-e6NJs7-4MqHjj-7ow76i\" title=\"Clockwise\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2867\/34176221631_cd01fb13aa_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"Clockwise\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deiseal<\/strong> [\u02c8dj\u025b\u0283\u0259l] refers to a motion towards the right, in the direction of the hands of a clock or of the apparent motion of the sun (in the Northern Hemisphere); a turning in this direction. It is also written <strong>deisal<\/strong>, <strong>deasil<\/strong>, <strong>deisul<\/strong> or <strong>deshil<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/deiseal#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Apparently <strong>deiseal<\/strong> can also be said when someone sneezes or swallows something awry. In this context, it means &#8216;May it go right&#8217;, and is an alternative to &#8216;(God) bless you&#8217; or &#8216;gesundheit&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>It was borrowed from the Irish word <strong>deiseal<\/strong> (righthand direction, direction of the sun, clockwise, sunwise), which comes from Old Irish <em>dess<\/em> [d\u02b2es] (right, south) and <em>sel<\/em> [s\u02b2el] (a turn, a while), from Proto-Celtic <em>*dexswos<\/em> (right, south) and <em>*swelos<\/em> (a turn) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/swelos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Related words in the Celtic languages include <strong>mearbhall<\/strong> [\u02c8m\u02b2a\u027e\u02e0\u0259w\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] (bewilderment, confusion) in Irish, <strong>deiseal<\/strong> [d\u02b2e\u0283al] (clockwise, facing south, finished, ready, poised, prepared, handy, dexterous) in Scottish Gaelic, <strong>jeshal<\/strong> (clockwise) in Manx, and <strong>chw\u0177l<\/strong> [\u03c7w\u0268\u02d0l] (turn of events, course, destiny) in Welsh.<\/p>\n<p>And also <strong>tuathal<\/strong> [\u02c8t\u032a\u02e0u\u0259h\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] (anticlockwise, counterclockwise) in Irish, and <strong>tuathal<\/strong> [tu\u0259h\u0259l\u032a\u02e0] (anticlockwise, unlucky, ill-omened, confused, agitated, disorien(ta)ted) in Scottish Gaelic [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sel#Old_Irish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>More details of such words can be found in the Celtiadur post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/01\/20\/to-search\/\">To Seek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another word for <strong>anticlockwise<\/strong> in English is <strong>widdershins \/ withershins<\/strong>, which also used to mean &#8216;the wrong way&#8217;. It comes from Middle Low German <em>weddersins<\/em>, from <em>wedder-<\/em> (whither, against, opposite) and <em>sin<\/em> (direction, way) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/widdershins\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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Deiseal [\u02c8dj\u025b\u0283\u0259l] refers to a motion towards the right, in the direction of the hands of a clock or of the apparent motion of the sun (in the Northern Hemisphere); a turning in this direction. It is also written deisal, deasil, deisul or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,20,56,6,4,36,11,128,1,94,5,7],"tags":[293,139,292,294,289,90,9,15,88,8,291,290,295,296,103],"class_list":["post-4031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celtic-pathways","category-english","category-etymology","category-irish","category-language","category-manx","category-music","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-podcast","category-proto-celtic","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh","tag-anticlockwise","tag-celtic","tag-clockwise","tag-counterclockwise","tag-deiseal","tag-etymology","tag-language","tag-music","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-sunwise","tag-tuathal","tag-widdershins","tag-withershins","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4031"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4035,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031\/revisions\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}