ascaill

== Irish == === Alternative forms === ascall (Ulster) ascail, asgail, asgaill, asgall, oscaill, osgaill (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Irish ascall, from Vulgar Latin ascella, from Latin axilla (whence also Old Irish oxal). Cognate with Welsh asgell. === Pronunciation === (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠkəl̠ʲ/, /ˈasˠkəl̠ʲ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈaːsˠkəl̠ʲ]; /ˈɑsˠkəlʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈasˠkəl̠ʲ/, /ˈæsˠkəl̠ʲ/ and see: ascall === Noun === ascaill f (genitive singular ascaille, nominative plural ascaillí) armpit recess (in street names) avenue, boulevard (botany, anatomy) axil, axilla ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (avenue): aibhinne (boulevard): búlbhaird ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== asclán (“gusset”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ascall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 62; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ascaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN