ailse
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish aillsiu f (“sore, tumour, abscess, canker”).
Noun[edit]
ailse f (genitive singular ailse, nominative plural ailsí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ailse
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ailse cheirbheacs (“cervical cancer”)
- ailse chíche (“breast cancer”)
- ailse dhucht an domlais (“cholangiocarcinoma”)
- ailse farainge (“pharyngeal cancer”)
- ailse inmheitriam (“endometrial cancer”)
- ailse larainge (“laryngeal cancer”)
- ailse phróstataigh (“prostate cancer”)
- ailse phutóige (“bowel cancer”)
- ailse scamhóg (“lung cancer”)
- ailse scornaí (“throat cancer”)
- ailse ubhagáin (“ovarian cancer”)
- ailseach (“cancerous”, adjective)
- crua-ailse (“scirrhus”)
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aillsiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aillis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 11
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ailse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ailse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “ailse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ailse f (genitive singular ailseach, nominative plural ailseacha)
- Synonym of gailseach (“earwig”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ailse
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ailse | n-ailse | hailse | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |