ailse

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aillsiu f (“sore, tumour, abscess, canker”).

Noun

ailse f (genitive singular ailse, nominative plural ailsí)

1. (medicine, medicine) cancer

Declension

Declension of ailse

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailse ailsí Vocative a ailse a ailsí Genitive ailse ailsí Dative ailse ailsí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ailse na hailsí Genitive na hailse na n-ailsí Dative leis an ailse don ailse leis na hailsí

Derived terms

Terms derived from ailse

• ailseach (“cancerous”, adjective)
• ailse cheirbheacs (“cervical cancer”)
• ailse chíche (“breast cancer”)
• ailse dhucht an domlais (“cholangiocarcinoma”)
• ailse farainge (“pharyngeal cancer”)

• ailse inmheitriam (“endometrial cancer”)
• ailse larainge (“laryngeal cancer”)
• ailse phróstataigh (“prostate cancer”)
• ailse phutóige (“bowel cancer”)

• ailse scamhóg (“lung cancer”)
• ailse scornaí (“throat cancer”)
• ailse ubhagáin (“ovarian cancer”)
• crua-ailse (“scirrhus”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ailse f (genitive singular ailseach, nominative plural ailseacha)

1. Synonym of gailseach (“earwig”)

Declension

Declension of ailse

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailse ailseacha Vocative a ailse a ailseacha Genitive ailseach ailseach Dative ailse ailsigh (archaic, dialectal) ailseacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ailse na hailseacha Genitive na hailseach na n-ailseach Dative leis an ailse leis an ailsigh (archaic, dialectal) don ailse don ailsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na hailseacha

Mutation

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

References

• "ailse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aillsiu” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.