aisce

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʃcɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aicsu (“request, wish”), verbal noun of as·goa (“desires, wishes”, verb).

Noun

aisce f (genitive singular aisce, nominative plural aiscí)

  1. request
  2. favour
  3. gift
Declension
Derived terms
  • in aisce (“in vain; free, gratis”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aisce f

  1. genitive singular of aisc

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aisce n-aisce haisce t-aisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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