aisil

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aisil, aisel f (“part, division, joint”).

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

  1. part, piece, joint
Declension
Declension of aisil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aisil aisle
Vocative a aisil a aisle
Genitive aisle aisle
Dative aisil aisle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aisil na haisle
Genitive na haisle na n-aisle
Dative leis an aisil

don aisil

leis na haisle

Etymology 2

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

  1. Alternative form of asal (“donkey, ass”)
Declension
Declension of aisil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aisil aisle
Vocative a aisil a aisle
Genitive aisle aisle
Dative aisil aisle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aisil na haisle
Genitive na haisle na n-aisle
Dative leis an aisil

don aisil

leis na haisle

Etymology 3

Noun

aisil m

  1. inflection of aiseal (“axle”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aisil n-aisil haisil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *asselī; compare Breton ezel (“limb”) and Cornish esel (“limb”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aisil f (genitive aisle or aisli, nominative plural aisle or aisli)

  1. (anatomy, land, etc.) part, division, joint.
  2. (in the plural) fragments, pieces

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aisilL aisilL aisliH
Vocative aisilL aisilL aisliH
Accusative aisliN aisilL aisliH
Genitive aisleH aisleL aisleN
Dative aisliL aislib aislib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: aisil

Mutation

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, plural aislean)

  1. axletree
  2. axis

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aisil n-aisil h-aisil t-aisil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aisil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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