uasal

See also: Uasal and úasal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úasal, from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuəsˠəlˠ]

Adjective

uasal (genitive singular masculine uasail, genitive singular feminine uaisle, plural uaisle, comparative uaisle)

1. noble, high-born, aristocratic; gentle, gentlemanly, gallant, genteel, lofty
2. noble, precious, fine
3. (of place) sacred to the dead; hallowed; enchanted, inhabited by fairies

Declension

Declension of uasal

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	uasal	uasal	uaisle
Vocative	uasail		uaisle
Genitive		uaisle	uaisle	uasal
Dative	uasal	uasal; uasail (archaic)	uaisle
Comparative	níos uaisle
Superlative	is uaisle

Derived terms

• anuasal (“low-born, ignoble”, adjective)
• cloch uasal (“precious stone”)
• éadaí uaisle (“fine clothes”)
• gníomh uasal (“noble deed”)
• meon uasal (“noble mind”)
• miotal uasal (“noble metal”)
• na healaíona uaisle (“the fine arts”)
• stíl uasal (“elevated style”)
• uasalathair (“patriarch”)

 

Noun

uasal m (genitive singular uasail, nominative plural uaisle)

1. nobleman, gentleman, aristocrat
2. (nobility) lord

Declension

Declension of uasal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uasal uaisle Vocative a uasail a uaisle Genitive uasail uaisle Dative uasal uaisle

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uasal na huaisle Genitive an uasail na n-uaisle Dative leis an uasal don uasal leis na huaisle

Derived terms

• An tUasal (“Mister; Lord, Esquire”, literally “the Gentleman/Lord”)
• anuasal (“low-born person”)
• mionuasal (“lesser nobleman, lordling”)
• na huaisle (“the good people, the fairies”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uasal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uasal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uasal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

Adjective

uasal

1. Alternative spelling of úasal

Noun

uasal ?

1. Alternative spelling of úasal

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
uasal	unchanged	n-uasal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úasal, from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Adjective

uasal

1. aristocratic, noble, grand, genteel

Derived terms

• an-uasal
• bean-uasal
• clach-uasal
• deoch-uasal
• eun-uasal
• fìor-uasal
• galar-uasal
• mì-uasal
• mór-uasal
• neo-uasal
• uasal-ghnìomhach

 

Noun

uasal m (genitive singular uasail, plural uaislean)

1. a noble

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uasal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language