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aillse

aillse

Irish

Noun

aillse f (genitive singular aillse, nominative plural aillsí)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ailse (cancer)
  2. alternative genitive singular of aillis

Etymology 2

Noun

aillse f (genitive singular aillse, nominative plural aillsí)

  1. (obsolete) a fairy, a diminutive creature.
  2. (obsolete) a delay, heedlessness, neglect.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aillsiu (sore, tumour, abscess).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪlʃʲə/

Noun

aillse f (genitive singular aillse)

  1. cancer
  2. carcinoma
  3. gangrene

Mutation

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

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • aillsiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.