íseal

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːʃəl̪ˠ/, /ˈiːʃəlˠ/

Adjective

íseal (genitive singular masculine ísil, genitive singular feminine ísle, plural ísle, comparative ísle)

  1. low (low-lying)
    Antonym: ard
  2. lowly
    Antonym: uasal

Declension

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

Derived terms

Noun

íseal m (genitive singular ísil, nominative plural ísle)

  1. (historical) commoner
  2. lowly person
  3. low-lying country

Declension

Declension of íseal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative íseal ísle
Vocative a ísil a ísle
Genitive ísil ísle
Dative íseal ísle

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-íseal na hísle
Genitive an ísil na n-ísle
Dative leis an íseal

don íseal

leis na hísle

Mutation

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

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