úasal
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)
InflectionEdit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
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DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
úasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)
- lofty place
- noble
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
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 readingEdit
- “úasal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.