aisce

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃcɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aicsu (“request, wish”), verbal noun of as·goa (“desires, wishes”, verb).

Noun

aisce f (genitive singular aisce, nominative plural aiscí)

1. request
2. favour
3. gift

Declension

Declension of aisce (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aisce aiscí vocative a aisce a aiscí genitive aisce aiscí dative aisce aiscí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aisce na haiscí genitive na haisce na n-aiscí dative leis an aisce don aisce leis na haiscí

Derived terms

• in aisce (“in vain; free, gratis”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aisce f

1. genitive singular of aisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisce

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisce	n-aisce	haisce	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicsu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language