isel

See also: ísel

Old Irish

Adjective

isel

1. Alternative spelling of ísel

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
isel (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-isel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Solon

Noun

isel

1. lizard

References

• Peter S Piispanen, Languages in Contact: Dagur and Solon, 2019.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh isel, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīsselos, from *ɸīssu (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Old Irish ísel.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɪsɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɪsal/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɛl/, /ˈɪsɛl/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃɛl/, /ˈɪʃɛl/

Adjective

isel (feminine singular isel, plural isel, equative ised, comparative is, superlative isaf)

1. low

Derived terms

• iselder (“lowness, depression”)
• iselder ysbryd (“depression”)
• iseldir (“lowland”)
• Iseldiroedd (“Netherlands”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
isel	unchanged	unchanged	hisel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.