isel

See also: ísel

Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈizɛl/

Adjective

isel

1. low
2. lowly, vulgar
3. soft (of sound)

Old Irish

Adjective

isel

1. alternative spelling of ísel

Mutation

Mutation of isel

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

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

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

• isafol (“minimal”)
• isafswm (“minimum”)
• iselder (“lowness, depression”)
• iselder ysbryd (“depression”)
• iseldir (“lowland”)
• Iseldiroedd (“Netherlands”)
• iselhau, iselu (“to lower, to debase”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of isel

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
isel	unchanged	unchanged	hisel

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