ìsle

See also: isle, Isle, ísle, and işle

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ísle.

Noun

ìsle f (genitive singular ìsle, plural ìslean)

1. depression, lowness

Derived terms

• ìsle-mhara

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ìsle

1. comparative degree of ìosal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ìsle

1. comparative degree of ìseal

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ìsle	n-ìsle	h-ìsle	t-ìsle
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ìsle”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ísle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language