ísle

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See also: isle, Isle, ìsle, and işle

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ísle (“lowness; lowliness, humility, meanness”), from ísel. By surface analysis, íseal +‎ -e.

Noun

ísle f (genitive singular ísle)

  1. lowness, lowliness
Declension
Declension of ísle

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ísle
Vocative a ísle
Genitive ísle
Dative ísle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ísle
Genitive na hísle
Dative leis an ísle

don ísle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ísle

  1. inflection of íseal (“low; lowly”):
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ísle m pl

  1. plural of íseal (“commoner, lowly person; low-lying country”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ísle n-ísle hísle not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From ísel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

ísle f

  1. (geography, sound, etc.) lowness
  2. (figuratively) lowliness, humility, meanness; depression, low spirits; (of people) commoners

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ísleL ísliL ísli
Vocative ísleL ísliL ísli
Accusative ísliN ísliL ísli
Genitive ísle ísleL ísleN
Dative ísliL íslib íslib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: ísle
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìsle

Adjective

ísle

  1. genitive singular feminine of ísel

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ísle
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-ísle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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