uaisle

See also: úaisle

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuəʃl̠ʲə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

uaisle f (genitive singular uaisle)

  1. nobility (persons of rank; quality of nobility)
    Proverb: Eochair uaisle éadach. ― 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
  • uaisle fola (“noble blood”, literally “nobility of blood”)

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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

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
  • an-uaisle f (“meanness, baseness”)
  • àrd-uaisle (“peer; prince; gentleman”)
  • mì-uaisle f (“meanness”)
  • mór-uaisle f (“high nobility or rank”)
  • neo-uaisle f (“illiberality”)

Adjective

uaisle

  1. comparative degree of uasal

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uaislen-uaisleh-uaislet-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
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 úaisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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