asáilia

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “I dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

asáilia f (genitive singular asáilia, nominative plural asáilianna)

  1. azalea

Declension

Declension of asáilia (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative asáilia asáilianna
vocative a asáilia a asáilianna
genitive asáilia asáilianna
dative asáilia asáilianna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an asáilia na hasáilianna
genitive na hasáilia na n-asáilianna
dative leis an asáilia
don asáilia 		leis na hasáilianna

Mutation

Mutated forms of asáilia
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
asáilia n-asáilia hasáilia not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “asáilia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “azalea”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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