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)[1]

Noun

ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí)

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.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

Further reading

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

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