aice

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aicce f (nearness, proximity; fosterage).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈacɪ/

Noun

aice f (genitive singular aice, nominative plural aicí)

  1. nearness, proximity (used only in the phrases listed under Derived terms)
  2. habitat, hole (of a lobster or crab)
Declension
Declension of aice (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aice aicí
vocative a aice a aicí
genitive aice aicí
dative aice aicí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aice na haicí
genitive na haice na n-aicí
dative leis an aice
don aice
leis na haicí
Synonyms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛcɪ/

Pronoun

aice (emphatic aicese)

  1. alternative form of aici

Mutation

Mutated forms of aice
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aice n-aice haice not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Adverb

aice

  1. alternative form of aici

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish occi. Cognates include Irish aici and Manx eck.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

aice

  1. third-person singular feminine of aig: at her
    Tha dà nighean aice.She has two daughters. (literally, “Two daughters are at her.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Person: simple emphatic
singular first agam agamsa
second agad agadsa
third m aige aigesan
f aice aicese
plural first againn againne
second agaibh agaibhse
third aca acasan

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 219
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 104
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 117
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 53
  7. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  8. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  9. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 189
  10. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN