úasal

See also: uasal and Uasal

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *owxselos, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːa̯sal/

AdjectiveEdit

úasal ‎(comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)

1. high
2. lofty, high-born
3. noble, gallant, genteel

Related termsEdit

• úachtar
• úas

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: uasal
• Manx: ooasle
• Scottish Gaelic: uasal

NounEdit

úasal ? ‎(plural uaisle)

1. lofty place
2. noble

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: uasal
• Scottish Gaelic: uasal

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
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.