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ìosal

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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  • ìseal (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye)

Etymology

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From Old Irish ísel

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ìosal (comparative ìsle) (Lewis, Wester Ross)

  1. low, lowly

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References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN