uasal

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See also: Uasal and úasal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úasal,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuəsˠəl̪ˠ/[2], /ˈuəsˠəlˠ/

Adjective

uasal (genitive singular masculine uasail, genitive singular feminine uaisle, plural uaisle, comparative uaisle)

  1. noble, high-born, aristocratic; gentle, gentlemanly, gallant, genteel, lofty
  2. noble, precious, fine
  3. sacred to the dead; hallowed; enchanted, inhabited by fairies (of place)

Declension

Declension of uasal
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative uasal uasal uaisle
Vocative uasail uaisle
Genitive uaisle uaisle uasal
Dative uasal uasal;
uasail (archaic) 		uaisle
Comparative níos uaisle
Superlative is uaisle

Derived terms

Noun

uasal m (genitive singular uasail, nominative plural uaisle)

  1. nobleman, gentleman, aristocrat
  2. (nobility) lord

Declension

Declension of uasal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uasal uaisle
Vocative a uasail a uaisle
Genitive uasail uaisle
Dative uasal uaisle

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-uasal na huaisle
Genitive an uasail na n-uaisle
Dative leis an uasal

don uasal

leis na huaisle

Derived terms

  • anuasal (“low-born person”)
  • mionuasal (“lesser nobleman, lordling”)
  • na huaisle (“the good people, the fairies”)
  • An tUasal (“Mister; Lord, Esquire”, literally “the Gentleman/Lord”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uasal n-uasal huasal t-uasal
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), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

Further reading

Old Irish

Adjective

uasal

  1. Alternative spelling of úasal

Noun

uasal ?

  1. Alternative spelling of úasal

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úasal,[1] from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Adjective

uasal

  1. aristocratic, noble, grand, genteel

Derived terms

Noun

uasal m (genitive singular uasail, plural uaislean)

  1. a noble

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uasal n-uasal h-uasal t-uasal
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), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uasal”, 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), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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