ascaill
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish ascall, from Vulgar Latin ascella, from Latin axilla (whence also Old Irish oxal). Cognate with Welsh asgell.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)
Declension
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- asclán (“gusset”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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ascaill | n-ascaill | hascaill | 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
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ascaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN