uaisle

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (“high, lofty; noble, honourable”).[1] By surface analysis, uasal +‎ -e.

Noun

uaisle f (genitive singular uaisle)

  1. nobility (persons of rank; quality of nobility)
    Eochair uaisle éadach. (proverb)
    Fine feathers make fine birds.
  2. (literary) favour, bounty
Declension
Declension of uaisle

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative uaisle
Vocative a uaisle
Genitive uaisle
Dative uaisle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an uaisle
Genitive na huaisle
Dative leis an uaisle

don uaisle

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

uaisle

  1. inflection of uasal:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Noun

uaisle m pl

  1. plural of uasal

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úaisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (modern uasal).

Noun

uaisle f

  1. nobility of descent, gentility, pride, genteel extraction, high birth, gentlemanly manners
  2. liberality, generosity

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Adjective

uaisle

  1. comparative degree of uasal

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaisle n-uaisle h-uaisle t-uaisle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uaisle”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úaisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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