uasal

Irish (Donegal)

[ˈuəsˠəlˠ]

adj
Definitions
  • noble, high-born, aristocratic; gentle, gentlemanly, gallant, genteel, lofty
  • noble, precious, fine
  • of place sacred to the dead; hallowed; enchanted, inhabited by fairies

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish úasal (noble, lofty, high) inherited from Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (high) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ewg-

Gloss

increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many

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