aillse

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish aillsiu (“cancer”). === Noun === aillse f (genitive singular aillse, nominative plural aillsí) obsolete spelling of ailse (“cancer”) === Noun === aillse alternative genitive singular of aillis === Usage notes === A number of Irish dictionaries (beginning in the 1700s by confusing several different Irish and Scottish Gaelic words, and spreading by copying) listed "fairy" and "delay, heedlessness, neglect" as other meanings of this word, but they are ghost senses and do not exist. === Mutation === === References === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish aillsiu (“sore, tumour, abscess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪlʃʲə/ === Noun === aillse f (genitive singular aillse) cancer carcinoma gangrene === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “aillse”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aillsiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language