ìsle

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See also: isle, Isle, ísle, and işle

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ísle.

Noun

ìsle f (genitive singular ìsle, plural ìslean)

  1. depression, lowness
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ìsle

  1. comparative degree of ìosal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ìsle

  1. comparative degree of ìseal

Mutation

Mutation of ìsle
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ìsle n-ìsle h-ìsle t-ìsle

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ìsle”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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