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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish úaislecht.[2] By surface analysis, uaisle + -acht. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic uaisleachd.
Pronunciation
Noun
uaisleacht f (genitive singular uaisleachta)
- nobility (quality of being noble)
- gentility (state of being elegant)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| uaisleacht
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n-uaisleacht
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huaisleacht
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “uaisleacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaislecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105
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