# uasal
## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuəsˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈuəsˠəlˠ/

### Adjective

uasal (genitive singular masculine uasail, genitive singular feminine uaisle, plural uaisle, comparative uaisle)
* noble, high-born, aristocratic; gentle, gentlemanly, gallant, genteel, lofty
* noble, precious, fine
* sacred to the dead; hallowed; enchanted, inhabited by fairies (of place)

#### Derived terms

* a dhaoine uaisle (“ladies and gentlemen”)
* anuasal (“low-born, ignoble”, adjective)
* bean uasal (“lady, gentlewoman”)
* cloch uasal (“precious stone”)
* duine uasal (“gentle(wo)man”)
* éadaí uaisle (“fine clothes”)
* fear uasal (“gentleman”)
* 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)
* nobleman, gentleman, aristocrat
* (nobility) lord

#### 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

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

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105

### Further reading

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

## Old Irish
### Adjective

uasal
* Alternative spelling of úasal

### Noun

uasal ?
* Alternative spelling of úasal

### Mutation

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

uasal
* 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)
* a noble

### Mutation

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

### References

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “uasal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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