ascaill

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ascall, from Vulgar Latin ascella, from Latin axilla (whence also Old Irish oxal). Cognate with Welsh asgell.

Pronunciation

Noun

ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)

  1. armpit
  2. recess
  3. (in street names) avenue, boulevard
  4. (botany, anatomy) axil, axilla

Declension

Declension of ascaill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ascaill ascaillí
vocative a ascaill a ascaillí
genitive ascaille ascaillí
dative ascaill ascaillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ascaill na hascaillí
genitive na hascaille na n-ascaillí
dative leis an ascaill
don ascaill
leis na hascaillí

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Mutation

Mutated forms of ascaill
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ascaill n-ascaill hascaill 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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

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