aillsiu

Old Irish

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Possibly related to the source of Latin algeo (I am cold), but this is "morphologically unsatisfactory."[1] However, compare allas (perspiration, sweat).

Noun

aillsiu n or f

  1. sore, tumor, abscess, ulcer
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 30b13
      amal tuthle nó ailsin glosses cancer

Descendants

  • Irish: ailse
  • Scottish Gaelic: aillse

References

  1. Stüber, K. (1998). The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic. Ireland: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, p. 129

Further reading

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