úasal

See also: uasal and Uasal

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːa̯sal/

AdjectiveEdit

úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)

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

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived termsEdit

• úaisle

Related termsEdit

• úachtar
• úas

DescendantsEdit

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

NounEdit

úasal ? (nominative plural uaisle)

1. lofty place
2. noble

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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.

Further readingEdit

• “úasal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.