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ísle

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See also: isle, Isle, ìsle, and işle

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish ísle (lowness), from ísel.[4] By surface analysis, íseal +‎ -e.

Noun

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ísle f (genitive singular ísle)

  1. lowness, lowliness
Declension
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Declension of ísle (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ísle
vocative a ísle
genitive ísle
dative ísle
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ísle
genitive na hísle
dative leis an ísle
don ísle

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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ísle

  1. inflection of íseal (low; lowly):
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ísle m pl

  1. plural of íseal (commoner, lowly person; low-lying country)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ísle
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ísle n-ísle hísle not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 252, page 128
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 548, page 197
  3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 485, page 184; reprinted 1979
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ísel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ísle f

  1. (geography, sound, etc.) lowness
  2. (figuratively) lowliness, humility, meanness; depression, low spirits; (of people) commoners

Inflection

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ísleL ísliL ísli
Vocative ísleL ísliL ísli
Accusative ísliN ísliL ísli
Genitive ísle ísleL ísleN
Dative ísliL íslib íslib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: ísle
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìsle

Adjective

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ísle

  1. genitive singular feminine of ísel

Mutation

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Mutation of ísle
radical lenition nasalization
ísle
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ísle

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

References

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