uaisle
See also: úaisle
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (“high, lofty; noble, honourable”). Synchronically analyzable as uasal + -e.
NounEdit
uaisle f (genitive singular uaisle)
- nobility (persons of rank; quality of nobility)
- Proverb: Eochair uaisle éadach. ― Fine feathers make fine birds.
- Proverb:
- (literary) favour, bounty
DeclensionEdit
Declension of uaisle
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- uaisle fola (“noble blood”, literally “nobility of blood”)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
AdjectiveEdit
uaisle
- inflection of uasal:
NounEdit
uaisle m pl
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uaisle | n-uaisle | huaisle | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- "uaisle" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 úaisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (modern uasal).
NounEdit
uaisle f
- nobility of descent, gentility, pride, genteel extraction, high birth, gentlemanly manners
- liberality, generosity
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- an-uaisle f (“meanness, baseness”)
- àrd-uaisle (“peer; prince; gentleman”)
- mì-uaisle f (“meanness”)
- mór-uaisle f (“high nobility or rank”)
- neo-uaisle f (“illiberality”)
AdjectiveEdit
uaisle
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uaisle | n-uaisle | h-uaisle | t-uaisle |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- “uaisle” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 úaisle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language