íseal

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísel,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

íseal (genitive singular masculine ísil, genitive singular feminine ísle, plural ísle, comparative ísle)

  1. low (low-lying)
    Antonym: ard
  2. lowly
    Antonym: uasal

Declension

Declension of íseal
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative íseal íseal ísle
vocative ísil ísle
genitive ísle ísle íseal
dative íseal íseal;
ísil (archaic) 		ísle
Comparative níos ísle
Superlative is ísle

Derived terms

Noun

íseal m (genitive singular ísil, nominative plural ísle)

  1. (historical) commoner
  2. lowly person
  3. low-lying country

Declension

Declension of íseal (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative íseal ísle
vocative a ísil a ísle
genitive ísil ísle
dative íseal ísle
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-íseal na hísle
genitive an ísil na n-ísle
dative leis an íseal
don íseal 		leis na hísle

Mutation

Mutated forms of íseal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
íseal n-íseal híseal t-íseal

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , page 351
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 145
  5. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 485, page 184; reprinted 1979

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