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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aillsiu f (“sore, tumour, abscess, canker”).

Noun

ailse f (genitive singular ailse, nominative plural ailsí)

  1. (medicine, pathology) cancer
Declension
Declension of ailse (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ailse ailsí
vocative a ailse a ailsí
genitive ailse ailsí
dative ailse ailsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ailse na hailsí
genitive na hailse na n-ailsí
dative leis an ailse
don ailse 		leis na hailsí
Alternative forms
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

ailse f (genitive singular ailseach, nominative plural ailseacha)

  1. Synonym of gailseach (“earwig”)
Declension
Declension of ailse (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ailse ailseacha
vocative a ailse a ailseacha
genitive ailseach ailseach
dative ailse
ailsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		ailseacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ailse na hailseacha
genitive na hailseach na n-ailseach
dative leis an ailse
leis an ailsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ailse
don ailsigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hailseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailse
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailse n-ailse hailse not applicable

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

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