íseal

See also: ìseal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísel, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃəl̪ˠ/, /ˈiːʃəlˠ/

Adjective

íseal (genitive singular masculine ísil, genitive singular feminine ísle, plural ísle, comparative ísle)

1. low (low-lying)

   Antonym: ard

2. lowly

   Antonym: uasal

Declension

Declension of íseal

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	íseal	íseal	ísle
vocative	ísil		ísle
genitive		ísle	ísle	íseal
dative	íseal	íseal; ísil (archaic)	ísle
Comparative	níos ísle
Superlative	is ísle

Derived terms

• ceanníseal (“bowed, dejected”)
• ísligh
• uiríseal (“lowly, humble; base, servile”)

Noun

íseal m (genitive singular ísil, nominative plural ísle)

1. (historical) commoner
2. lowly person
3. low-lying country

Declension

Declension of íseal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative íseal ísle vocative a ísil a ísle genitive ísil ísle dative íseal ísle forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-íseal na hísle genitive an ísil na n-ísle dative leis an íseal don íseal leis na hísle

Mutation

Mutated forms of íseal

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íseal	n-íseal	híseal	t-íseal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “íseal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “íseal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025