ascaill

Irish

Alternative forms

• ascall (Ulster)
• ascail, asgail, asgaill, asgall, oscaill, oscal, oscul, osgal, osgaill (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasˠkəl̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈasˠkəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ascall)

Noun

ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)

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

Declension

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

• (avenue): aibhinne
• (boulevard): búlbhaird

Derived terms

• ascaill mhara
• ascaill rámha
• cearc ascaille
• fear ascaille
• glas ascaille
• loch ascaille
• póca ascaille
• poll ascaille
• scairt ascaille

 

Related terms

• asclán (“gusset”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ascaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN