asáilia

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

asáilia f (genitive singular asáilia, nominative plural asáilianna)

  1. azalea

Declension
Declension of asáilia

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative asáilia asáilianna
Vocative a asáilia a asáilianna
Genitive asáilia asáilianna
Dative asáilia asáilianna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an asáilia na hasáilianna
Genitive na hasáilia na n-asáilianna
Dative leis an asáilia

don asáilia

 leis na hasáilianna

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
asáilia n-asáilia hasáilia 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) “asáilia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “azalea”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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