úasal
Old Irish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːa̯sal/
Adjective
úasal (comparative úaisliu, superlative uaislem)
Inflection
Note: declined as an i-stem in the plural.
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | úasal | úasal | úasal |
| Vocative | úasail* úasal** | ||
| Accusative | úasal | úasail | |
| Genitive | úasail | úaisle | úasail |
| Dative | úasal | úasail | úasal |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | úaisli | úaisli | |
| Vocative | úaisli úaisli† | ||
| Accusative | úaisli úaisli† | ||
| Genitive | úasal | ||
| Dative | úaislib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| 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 reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “úasal”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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