úasal
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)
Inflection edit
Note: 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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
úasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)
- lofty place
- noble
Inflection edit
Unknown 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 edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úasal | unchanged | n-úasal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language