uiríseal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • úiríseal

Etymology

From Old Irish airísel (“very low”). By surface analysis, ur- (“very”) +‎ íseal (“low”).

Adjective

uiríseal (genitive singular masculine uirísil, genitive singular feminine uirísle, plural uirísle, comparative uirísle)

  1. lowly, humble
  2. base, servile

Declension

Declension of uiríseal
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative uiríseal uiríseal uirísle
vocative uirísil uirísle
genitive uirísle uirísle uiríseal
dative uiríseal uiríseal;
uirísil (archaic) 		uirísle
Comparative níos uirísle
Superlative is uirísle
  • uirísle f (“lowliness, humility; baseness, servility”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uiríseal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uiríseal n-uiríseal huiríseal 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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