ísle

See also: isle, Isle, ìsle, and işle

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃlʲə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃl̠ʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ísle (“lowness”), from ísel. By surface analysis, íseal +‎ -e.

Noun

ísle f (genitive singular ísle)

1. lowness, lowliness

Declension

Declension of ísle (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ísle vocative a ísle genitive ísle dative ísle forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ísle genitive na hísle dative leis an ísle don ísle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ísle

1. inflection of íseal (“low; lowly”):
   1. genitive feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ísle m pl

1. plural of íseal (“commoner, lowly person; low-lying country”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ísle

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ísle	n-ísle	hísle	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ísle”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ísle”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ísle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Irish

Etymology

From ísel +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːsʲlʲe/

Noun

ísle f

1. (geography, sound, etc.) lowness
2. (figuratively) lowliness, humility, meanness; depression, low spirits; (of people) commoners

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ísleL	ísliL	ísli
Vocative	ísleL	ísliL	ísli
Accusative	ísliN	ísliL	ísli
Genitive	ísle	ísleL	ísleN
Dative	ísliL	íslib	íslib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ísle
• Scottish Gaelic: ìsle

Adjective

ísle

1. genitive singular feminine of ísel

Mutation

Mutation of ísle

radical	lenition	nasalization
ísle (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ísle

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language