aisil

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aisil, aisel f (“part, division, joint”).

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

  1. part, piece, joint
Declension
Declension of aisil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aisil aisle
Vocative a aisil a aisle
Genitive aisle aisle
Dative aisil aisle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aisil na haisle
Genitive na haisle na n-aisle
Dative leis an aisil

don aisil

 leis na haisle

Etymology 2

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aisle)

  1. Alternative form of asal (“donkey, ass”)
Declension
Declension of aisil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aisil aisle
Vocative a aisil a aisle
Genitive aisle aisle
Dative aisil aisle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aisil na haisle
Genitive na haisle na n-aisle
Dative leis an aisil

don aisil

 leis na haisle

Etymology 3

Noun

aisil m

  1. inflection of aiseal (“axle”):
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aisil n-aisil haisil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • aisel

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈasʲilʲ/

Noun

aisil f (genitive aisle or aisli, nominative plural aisle or aisli)

  1. (anatomy, land, etc.) part, division, joint.
  2. (in plural) fragments, pieces

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • aisleán (“little joint”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
aisil unchanged n-aisil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “aisil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • aisiol

Etymology

Noun

aisil f (genitive singular aisle, plural aislean)

  1. axletree
  2. axis

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aisiln-aisilh-aisilt-aisil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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