úasal

See also: uasal and Uasal

Old Irish

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːa̯sal/

Adjective

úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)

  1. high
  2. lofty, high-born
  3. noble, gallant, genteel

Inflection

Note: declined as an i-stem in the plural.

o/ā-stem
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
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: uasal
  • Manx: ooasle
  • Scottish Gaelic: uasal

Noun

úasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)

  1. lofty place
  2. noble

Inflection

Unknown gender i-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
úasal unchanged n-úasal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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