asáilia

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

asáilia f (genitive singular asáilia, nominative plural asáilianna)

1. azalea

Declension

Declension of asáilia (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative asáilia asáilianna vocative a asáilia a asáilianna genitive asáilia asáilianna dative asáilia asáilianna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an asáilia na hasáilianna genitive na hasáilia na n-asáilianna dative leis an asáilia don asáilia leis na hasáilianna

Mutation

Mutated forms of asáilia

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asáilia	n-asáilia	hasáilia	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) “asáilia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “azalea”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025