aice
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish aicce f (“nearness, proximity; fosterage”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aice f (genitive singular aice, nominative plural aicí)
- nearness, proximity (used only in the phrases listed under Derived terms)
- habitat, hole (of a lobster or crab)
Declension edit
Declension of aice
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
aice (emphatic aicese)
- Alternative form of aici
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aice | n-aice | haice | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aice”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 9
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aicce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian edit
Adverb edit
aice
- Alternative form of aici
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish occi. Cognates include Irish aici and Manx eck.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
aice
- third-person singular feminine of aig: at her
- Tha dà nighean aice. ― She has two daughters. (literally, “Two daughters are at her.”)
Inflection edit
Personal inflection of aig | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | agam | agamsa | ||||||
2nd | agad | agadsa | |||||||
3rd m | aige | aigesan | |||||||
3rd f | aice | aicese | |||||||
Plural | 1st | againn | againne | ||||||
2nd | agaibh | agaibhse | |||||||
3rd | aca | acasan |