From Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-. Cognate with Welsh uchel, Old Breton uchel (Breton uhel), and with Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “on high, aloft”) and ὑψηλός (hupsēlós, “high, lofty”).
úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)
Note: declined as an i-stem in the plural.
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | úasal | úasal | úasal |
Vocative | úasail* úasal** | ||
Accusative | úasal | úasail | |
Genitive | úasail | úaisle | úasail |
Dative | úasal | úasail | úasal |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | úaisli | úaisli | |
Vocative | úaisli úaisli† | ||
Accusative | úaisli úaisli† | ||
Genitive | úasal | ||
Dative | úaislib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
úasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)
Unknown gender i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | úasal | úasalL | úaisliH |
Vocative | úasal | úasalL | úaisliH |
Accusative | úasalN | úasalL | úaisliH |
Genitive | úasloH, úaslaH | úasloH, úaslaH | úaisleN |
Dative | úasalL | úaislib | úaislib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úasal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-úasal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |