uaisle

See also: úaisle

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuəʃl̠ʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (“high, lofty; noble, honourable”). Synchronically analyzable as uasal +‎ -e.

Noun

uaisle f (genitive singular uaisle)

  1. nobility (persons of rank; quality of nobility)
    1. Proverb:
      Eochair uaisle éadach.
      Fine feathers make fine birds.
  2. (literary) favour, bounty
Declension
Derived terms
  • uaisle fola (“noble blood”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

uaisle

  1. inflection of uasal:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative and vocative and dative and strong genitive plural
    3. comparative

Noun

uaisle m pl

  1. plural of uasal

Mutation

Irish mutation
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 reading

  • "uaisle" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 úaisle” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaisle f (“nobility, dignity”), from úasal (modern uasal).

Noun

uaisle f

  1. nobility of descent, gentility, pride, genteel extraction, high birth, gentlemanly manners
  2. liberality, generosity

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Adjective

uaisle

  1. comparative degree of uasal

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
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 reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 úaisle” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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