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ascaill

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ascall, from Vulgar Latin ascella, from Latin axilla (whence also Old Irish oxal). Cognate with Welsh asgell.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)

  1. armpit
  2. recess
  3. (in street names) avenue, boulevard
  4. (botany, anatomy) axil, axilla

Declension

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Declension of ascaill (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ascaill ascaillí
vocative a ascaill a ascaillí
genitive ascaille ascaillí
dative ascaill ascaillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ascaill na hascaillí
genitive na hascaille na n-ascaillí
dative leis an ascaill
don ascaill
leis na hascaillí

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ascaill
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

Further reading

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