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Webster 1913 Edition
Isle
1.
An island.
[Poetic]
Imperial rule of all the seagirt
isles
. Milton.
2.
(Zool.)
A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.
Isle
,Verb.
T.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.
[Poetic]
Isled
in sudden seas of light. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Isle
ISLE
Definition 2024
ísle
ísle
Irish
Noun
ísle f (genitive singular ísle)
Declension
Declension of ísle
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
ísle m pl
- plural of íseal
Adjective
ísle
- inflection of íseal:
- genitive feminine singular
- nominative and vocative and dative and strong genitive plural
- comparative degree of íseal
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ísle | n-ísle | hísle | t-ísle |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːsʲlʲe/
Noun
ísle f
- (geography, sound, etc.) lowness
- (figuratively) lowliness, humility, meanness; depression, low spirits; (of people) commoners
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: ísle
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ísle | unchanged | n-ísle |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||