ísligh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísligidir. By surface analysis, íseal +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

Verb

ísligh (present analytic íslíonn, future analytic ísleoidh, verbal noun ísliú, past participle íslithe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to lower
  2. (intransitive) to descend, go down, come down
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to drop (decrease, diminish, lessen; move to a lower position), sink (diminish, be diminished), go down, come down
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to dim (make less bright; become darker)
  5. (transitive) to reduce, bring down
    Synonym: laghdaigh
  6. (transitive) to humble, humiliate, bring down, depress, demean
    Synonyms: uirísligh, náirigh
  7. (intransitive) to bow down
  8. (transitive) to demote
  9. (transitive, intransitive) to cheapen (make cheaper; become cheaper)
  10. (transitive) to degrade (lower in value or social position)
  11. (transitive) to dip (decrease, lower the beam)
  12. (transitive) to turn down (reduce amount)
  13. (intransitive) to alight (descend from an animal or vehicle)

Conjugation

conjugation of ísligh (second conjugation)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present íslím íslíonn tú;
íslír† 		íslíonn sé, sí íslímid;
íslíonn muid 		íslíonn sibh íslíonn siad;
íslíd† 		a íslíonn; a íslíos /
a n-íslíonn* 		íslítear
past d'ísligh mé; d'íslíos /
ísligh mé‡; íslíos‡ 		d'ísligh tú; d'íslís /
ísligh tú‡; íslís‡ 		d'ísligh sé, sí /
ísligh sé, sí‡ 		d'íslíomar; d'ísligh muid /
íslíomar‡; ísligh muid‡ 		d'ísligh sibh; d'íslíobhair /
ísligh sibh‡; íslíobhair‡ 		d'ísligh siad; d'íslíodar /
ísligh siad‡; íslíodar‡ 		a d'ísligh /
ar ísligh* 		íslíodh;
híslíodh†
past habitual d'íslínn /
íslínn‡; n-íslínn‡‡ 		d'íslíteá /
íslíteá‡; n-íslíteᇇ 		d'íslíodh sé, sí /
íslíodh sé, sí‡; n-íslíodh sé, s퇇 		d'íslímis; d'íslíodh muid /
íslímis‡; íslíodh muid‡; n-íslímis‡‡; n-íslíodh muid‡‡ 		d'íslíodh sibh /
íslíodh sibh‡; n-íslíodh sibh‡‡ 		d'íslídís; d'íslíodh siad /
íslídís; íslíodh siad‡; n-íslídís‡‡; n-íslíodh siad‡‡ 		a d'íslíodh /
a n-íslíodh* 		d'íslítí /
íslítí‡; n-íslít퇇
future ísleoidh mé;
ísleod;
ísleochaidh mé† 		ísleoidh tú;
ísleoir†;
ísleochaidh tú† 		ísleoidh sé, sí;
ísleochaidh sé, sí† 		ísleoimid;
ísleoidh muid;
ísleochaimid†;
ísleochaidh muid† 		ísleoidh sibh;
ísleochaidh sibh† 		ísleoidh siad;
ísleoid†;
ísleochaidh siad† 		a ísleoidh; a ísleos; a ísleochaidh†; a ísleochas† /
a n-ísleoidh*; a n-ísleochaidh*† 		ísleofar; ísleochar†
conditional d'ísleoinn; d'ísleochainn† / ísleoinn‡; ísleochainn†‡; n-ísleoinn‡‡; n-ísleochainn†‡‡ d'ísleofá; d'ísleochthᆠ/ ísleofá‡; ísleochthᆇ; n-ísleofᇇ; n-ísleochthᆇ‡ d'ísleodh sé, sí; d'ísleochadh sé, s토/ ísleodh sé, sí‡; ísleochadh sé, s톇; n-ísleodh sé, s퇇; n-ísleochadh sé, s톇‡ d'ísleoimis; d'ísleodh muid; d'ísleochaimis†; d'ísleochadh muid† / ísleoimis‡; ísleodh muid‡; ísleochaimis†‡; ísleochadh muid†‡; n-ísleoimis‡‡; n-ísleodh muid‡‡; n-ísleochaimis†‡‡; n-ísleochadh muid†‡‡ d'ísleodh sibh; d'ísleochadh sibh† / ísleodh sibh‡; ísleochadh sibh†‡; n-ísleodh sibh‡‡; n-ísleochadh sibh†‡‡ d'ísleoidís; d'ísleodh siad; d'ísleochadh siad† / ísleoidís‡; ísleodh siad‡; ísleochadh siad†‡; n-ísleoidís‡‡; n-ísleodh siad‡‡; n-ísleochadh siad†‡‡ a d'ísleodh; a d'ísleochadh† /
a n-ísleodh*; a n-ísleochadh*† 		d'ísleofaí; d'ísleochtha토/ ísleofaí‡; ísleochtha톇; n-ísleofa퇇; n-ísleochtha톇‡
subjunctive present go n-íslí mé;
go n-íslíod† 		go n-íslí tú;
go n-íslír† 		go n-íslí sé, sí go n-íslímid;
go n-íslí muid 		go n-íslí sibh go n-íslí siad;
go n-íslíd† 		— go n-íslítear
past dá n-íslínn dá n-íslíteá dá n-íslíodh sé, sí dá n-íslímis;
dá n-íslíodh muid 		dá n-íslíodh sibh dá n-íslídís;
dá n-íslíodh siad 		— dá n-íslítí
imperative íslím ísligh íslíodh sé, sí íslímis íslígí;
íslídh† 		íslídís — íslítear
verbal noun ísliú
past participle íslithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ísligh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ísligh n-ísligh hísligh not applicable

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

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