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uiríseal
uiríseal
Irish
Alternative forms
- úiríseal
Adjective
uiríseal (genitive singular masculine uirísil, genitive singular feminine uirísle, plural uirísle, comparative uirísle)
Declension
Declension of uiríseal
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uiríseal | uiríseal¹ | uirísle³ | |
| Vocative | uirísil¹ | uiríseal¹ | uirísle | |
| Genitive | uirísil¹ | uirísle | uirísle | uiríseal |
| Dative | uiríseal² | uiríseal¹; (archaic) uirísil¹ |
uirísle³ | |
| Comparative | uirísle | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- uirísle f (“lowliness, humility; baseness, servility”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uiríseal | n-uiríseal | huiríseal | t-uiríseal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uiríseal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “airísel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.