aice

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈacɪ/

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)

• cóngar
• fogas (rare)
• gar

• as aice
• in aice
• in aice le

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛcɪ/

aice (emphatic aicese)

1. Alternative form of aici

• 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

aice

1. Alternative form of aici

From Old Irish occi. Cognates include Irish aici and Manx eck.

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛhkʲə/, /ˈehkʲə/^[1][2]
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɛçkʲə/^[3]
• (South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈaçkʲə/^[4]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈæçkʲʌ]^[5]

• Hyphenation: ai‧ce

aice

1. third-person singular feminine of aig: at her

   Tha dà nighean aice. ― She has two daughters. (literally, “Two daughters are at her.”)