ascae

== Old Irish == === Etymology === Stifter (2013) derives this from a Proto-Celtic *ad-kom-stāts, semantically justifying the coinage as originally referring to a person who stood alongside another "at (a matter)", hence being a rival over a subject. But this derivation would thus be at semantic odds with that of its close relative ad·cota (“to get”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈas.ke/ === Noun === ascae m rival For quotations using this term, see Citations:ascae. ==== Inflection ==== The ending of the vocative plural ascadu has been taken over from the o-stems. === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ascae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language