ailse

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæl̠ʲʃə/

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

• aillse (superseded)

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aillsiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aillis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 11
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ailse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ailse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “ailse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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

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