uirísle

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airísle (“great humility, lowliness”), from airísel (“very low”).

Noun

uirísle f (genitive singular uirísle)

1. lowliness, humility

   Synonyms: ísleacht, uirísleacht

2. baseness, servility

Declension

Declension of uirísle

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uirísle Vocative a uirísle Genitive uirísle Dative uirísle

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an uirísle Genitive na huirísle Dative leis an uirísle don uirísle

Related terms

• uirísligh (“humble; abase, humiliate”, verb)
• uirísliú m (“abasement, humiliation”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

uirísle

1. inflection of uiríseal:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/strong genitive/dative plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

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

References

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