íseal

See also: ìseal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísel.

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

	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

Declension of íseal

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

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

Declension of íseal

First declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íseal	n-íseal	híseal	t-íseal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “íseal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “íseal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40