pròiseil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

pròis (“pride”) +‎ -ail (“-ful”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɾɔːʃɛl/

Adjective

pròiseil (comparative pròiseile)

1. proud
   • 1986, Aonghas MacNeacail, “Thug Thu Dhomh Samhradh”, in The Avoiding And Other Poems; republished as An Aghaidh Na Sìorraidheachd / In The Face Of Eternity, 1991, page 124:

     ach m' aideachd àigheach-sa
     anns gach cànan a labhras daoine bidh
     d'ainm air gach teanga, pròiseil, prìseil
     's tu mo chànan bheag sheang

     but I proclaim exultantly
     in all the languages of men,
     your name will be on every tongue, proud, priceless
     you are my small slender language

Usage notes

• The preposition à (às before the definite article) or the appropriate prepositional pronoun is used to express "proud of" etc:

  A bheil thu pròseil às an rud a rinn thu? - Are you proud of the thing you did?

  Bha iad uile pròiseil asainn. - They were all proud of us.

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	pròiseil	phròiseil	pròiseil
Vocative	phròiseil	phròiseil	pròiseil
Genitive	phròiseil	phròiseil / pròiseile	pròiseil
Dative	pròiseil	phròiseil	pròiseil

Synonyms

• moiteil
• uaibhreach
• (Islay) bròdail