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

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ascaill	n-ascaill	hascaill	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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