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

Declension of aisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aisce aiscí Vocative a aisce a aiscí Genitive aisce aiscí Dative aisce aiscí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aisce na haiscí Genitive na haisce na n-aiscí Dative leis an aisce don aisce leis na haiscí

Derived terms

• in aisce (“in vain; free, gratis”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aisce f

1. genitive singular of aisc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisce	n-aisce	haisce	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicsu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language