aice

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aicce f (“nearness, proximity; fosterage”).

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 case singular plural nominative aice aicí vocative a aice a aicí genitive aice aicí dative aice aicí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aice na haicí genitive na haice na n-aicí dative leis an aice don aice leis na haicí

Synonyms

• cóngar
• fogas (rare)
• gar

Derived terms

• as aice
• in aice
• in aice le

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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aice”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 9
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛhkʲə/, /ˈehkʲə/
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɛçkʲə/
• (South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈaçkʲə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈæçkʲʌ]

• Hyphenation: ai‧ce

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