aisil

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aisil, aisel f (“part, division, joint”).

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

1. part, piece, joint

Declension

Declension of aisil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aisil aisle vocative a aisil a aisle genitive aisle aisle dative aisil aisle forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aisil na haisle genitive na haisle na n-aisle dative leis an aisil don aisil leis na haisle

Etymology 2

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

1. Alternative form of asal (“donkey, ass”)

Declension

Declension of aisil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aisil aisle vocative a aisil a aisle genitive aisle aisle dative aisil aisle forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aisil na haisle genitive na haisle na n-aisle dative leis an aisil don aisil leis na haisle

Etymology 3

Noun

aisil m

1. inflection of aiseal (“axle”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisil	n-aisil	haisil	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• aisel, asil

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *asselī; compare Breton ezel (“limb”) and Cornish esel (“limb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasʲilʲ/

Noun

aisil f (genitive aisle or aisli, nominative plural aisle or aisli)

1. (anatomy, land, etc.) part, division, joint.
2. (in the plural) fragments, pieces

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	aisilL	aisilL	aisliH
vocative	aisilL	aisilL	aisliH
accusative	aisliN	aisilL	aisliH
genitive	aisleH	aisleL	aisleN
dative	aisliL	aislib	aislib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• aisleán (“little joint”)

Descendants

• Irish: aisil

Mutation

Mutation of aisil

radical	lenition	nasalization
aisil (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aisil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aisiol

Etymology

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Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, plural aislean)

1. axletree
2. axis

Mutation

Mutation of aisil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisil	n-aisil	h-aisil	t-aisil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aisil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN