tuathal

• tuaifeal, tuaitheal
• tuaithbheal (superseded)^[1]

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

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

tuathal

1. counterclockwise, anticlockwise

• deiseal

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

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.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuathal	thuathal	dtuathal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuathal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰuəhəl̪ˠ/

tuathal

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

• partan-tuathal