ascaill

Irish

Etymology

From Latin axilla.

Noun

ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)

  1. (anatomy) 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

Derived terms
  • ascaill mhara (“an arm of the sea”)
  • ascaill rámha, fear ascaille (“second oarsman”) (on two-man oar)
  • cearc ascaille, loch ascaille, scairt ascaille (“glandular swelling in armpit, bubo”)
  • glas ascaille (“arm-lock”)
  • póca ascaille (“inside breast-pocket, inner coat-pocket”)
  • poll na hascaille (“axillary cavity”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
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