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ailse

ailse

Irish

Noun

ailse f ‎(genitive singular ailse, nominative plural ailsí)

(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

Derived terms

Terms derived from ailse

ailseach ‎(“cancerous”, adjective)
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”)
crua-ailse ‎(“scirrhus”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ailse f ‎(genitive singular ailseach, nominative plural ailseacha)

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

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

References

"ailse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“aillsiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.