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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos, from *ɸīssu (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Welsh isel.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ísel (comparative ísliu, superlative íslem)
- low
- lowly
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.- It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it
Inflection
o/ā-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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ísel
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ísel
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ísel
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Vocative
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ísil* ísel**
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Accusative
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ísel
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ísil
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Genitive
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ísil
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ísle
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ísil
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Dative
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ísiul
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ísil
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ísiul
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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Nominative
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ísil
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íslea
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Vocative
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ísliu íslea†
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Accusative
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ísliu íslea†
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Genitive
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ísel
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Dative
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íslib
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Notes
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*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of ísel
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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ísel (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-ísel
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.