úasal
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editúasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)
Inflection
editNote: declined as an i-stem in the plural.
o/ā-stem | |||
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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 |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editNoun
editúasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)
- lofty place
- noble
Inflection
editUnknown gender i-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úasal (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-úasal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language