íseal

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈiːʃəlˠ]

Etymology

From Old Irish ísel.

Adjective

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

1. low (low-lying)
2. lowly

Declension

Declension of íseal

First Declension Positive Singular Plural (m/f) masc. fem (strong noun) (weak noun) Nominative íseal ísle Vocative ísil íseal ísle Genitive ísil ísle ísle íseal Dative íseal ísle Comparative/Superlative ísle

Antonyms

• (low): ard
• (lowly): uasal

Derived terms

• uiríseal (“lowly, humble; base, servile”)

Noun

íseal m (genitive ísil, nominative plural ísle)

1. (archaic) commoner

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.