ísligh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ísligidir.^[1] By surface analysis, íseal +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːʃl̠ʲi/

Verb

ísligh (present analytic íslíonn, future analytic ísleoidh, verbal noun ísliú, past participle íslithe)

(ambitransitive) to lower
(intransitive) to descend, go down, come down
(ambitransitive) to drop (decrease, diminish, lessen; move to a lower position), sink (diminish, be diminished), go down, come down
(ambitransitive) to dim (make less bright; become darker)
(transitive) to reduce, bring down
Synonym: laghdaigh
(transitive) to humble, humiliate, bring down, depress, demean
Synonyms: uirísligh, náirigh
(intransitive) to bow down
(transitive) to demote
(ambitransitive) to cheapen (make cheaper; become cheaper)
(transitive) to degrade (lower in value or social position)
(transitive) to dip (decrease, lower the beam)
(transitive) to turn down (reduce amount)
(intransitive) to alight (descend from an animal or vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ísligh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	íslím	íslíonn tú; íslír^†	íslíonn sé, sí	íslímid; íslíonn muid	íslíonn sibh	íslíonn siad; íslíd^†	a íslíonn; a íslíos	íslítear
past	d'ísligh mé; d'íslíos / ísligh mé^‡; íslíos^‡	d'ísligh tú; d'íslís / ísligh tú^‡; íslís^‡	d'ísligh sé, sí / ísligh sé, sí^‡	d'íslíomar; d'ísligh muid / íslíomar^‡; ísligh muid^‡	d'ísligh sibh; d'íslíobhair / ísligh sibh^‡; íslíobhair^‡	d'ísligh siad; d'íslíodar / ísligh siad^‡; íslíodar^‡	a d'ísligh	íslíodh; híslíodh^†
past habitual	d'íslínn / íslínn^‡	d'íslíteá / íslíteá^‡	d'íslíodh sé, sí / íslíodh sé, sí^‡	d'íslímis; d'íslíodh muid / íslímis^‡; íslíodh muid^‡	d'íslíodh sibh / íslíodh sibh^‡	d'íslídís; d'íslíodh / íslídís^‡; íslíodh siad^‡	a d'íslíodh	d'íslítí / íslítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	ísleoidh mé; ísleod; ísleochaidh mé^†	ísleoidh tú; ísleoir^†; ísleochaidh tú^†	ísleoidh sé, sí; ísleochaidh sé, sí^†	ísleoimid; ísleoidh muid; ísleochaimid^†; ísleochaidh muid^†	ísleoidh sibh; ísleochaidh sibh^†	ísleoidh siad; ísleoid^†; ísleochaidh siad^†	a ísleoidh; a ísleos; a ísleochaidh^†; a ísleochas^†	ísleofar; ísleochar^†
conditional	d'ísleoinn; d'ísleochainn^† / ísleoinn^‡; ísleochainn^†^‡	d'ísleofá; d'ísleochthá^† / ísleofá^‡; ísleochthá^†^‡	d'ísleodh sé, sí; d'ísleochadh sé, sí^† / ísleodh sé, sí^‡; ísleochadh sé, sí^†^‡	d'ísleoimis; d'ísleodh muid; d'ísleochaimis^†; d'ísleochadh muid^† / ísleoimis^‡; ísleodh muid^‡; ísleochaimis^†^‡; ísleochadh muid^†^‡	d'ísleodh sibh; d'ísleochadh sibh^† / ísleodh sibh^‡; ísleochadh sibh^†^‡	d'ísleoidís; d'ísleodh siad; d'ísleochaidís^†; d'ísleochadh siad^† / ísleoidís^‡; ísleodh siad^‡; ísleochaidís^†^‡; ísleochadh siad^†^‡	a d'ísleodh; a d'ísleochadh^†	d'ísleofaí; d'ísleochthaí^† / ísleofaí^‡; ísleochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-íslí mé; go n-íslíod^†	go n-íslí tú; go n-íslír^†	go n-íslí sé, sí	go n-íslímid; go n-íslí muid	go n-íslí sibh	go n-íslí siad; go n-íslíd^†	—	go n-íslítear
past	dá n-íslínn	dá n-íslíteá	dá n-íslíodh sé, sí	dá n-íslímis; dá n-íslíodh muid	dá n-íslíodh sibh	dá n-íslídís; dá n-íslíodh siad	—	dá n-íslítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	íslím	ísligh	íslíodh sé, sí	íslímis	íslígí; íslídh^†	íslídís	—	íslítear

past participle	íslithe

verbal noun	ísliú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

uirísligh

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ísligh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ísligh	n-ísligh	hísligh	not applicable

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), “ísligidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language