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Aillilliú! aililiú! interj., good gracious! strange! wonderful!

Aillis, -llse, -seaċa, f., a cancer, gangrene, an abscess, a spreading sore; braon aillse, a drop observed to fall upon the tombs of certain tyrants, so called from its cankerous corroding what it falls upon (O'Br.); mo ḃraon aillse, my corroding drop (in the sense of a powerful means of destroying tyrants) (Fer.).

Aillse, g. id., pl. -aċa, f., a fairy, any diminutive creature, a chafer, worm: cf., “ní luġa orm aillseaċa ciaróg ná ṫú.”

Aillseaċ, -siġe, a., negligent, listless.

Aillsiġim, -iuġaḋ, v. tr., I neglect.

Ailm, -e, f., the palm tree; also the fir tree; somet. the elm tree; the name of the letter “a”; Doṁnaċ na hAilme, Palm Sunday (also failm, pailm, palm, etc.).

Ailmeog, -oige, -oga, f., the elm or fir; dimin. of ailm.

Áilne, g. id., f., beauty; also comp. of álainn. See áille.

Áilneaċt. See áilleaċt.

Ailp, -e, pl. alpa, ailpeaċa, f., a protuberance, a huge lump, a high mountain; a stout person; a bite, a mouthful; a bite of a vicious dog or horse.

Ailpín, g. id., pl. -iḋe a knob, a stout-headed stick; cleath ailpín, a stout-headed stick.

Ailteoir, -ora, -oiriḋe, m., one who plays pranks, an "arch" fellow, a frivolous person.

aiṁ- (aṁ-), neg. pref., un-, in-, dis-, not.

Aiṁċeart, -ċirte, a., unjust, wrong.

Aiṁḋeoin, f., unwillingness; dá a., in spite of him; i n-a. na taoide, in spite of the tide; aiṁḋeoin is often used as conj. (= giḋ) in Don.

Aiṁḋeonaċ, -aiġe, a., unwilling, reluctant.

Aiṁḟeoil, -ola, f., raw meat, proud or inflamed flesh.

Aimid, -e, -iḋe, f., a foolish woman. See amaid.

Aimiléis, -e, f., misfortune; tuitim i gcorraċ na haimiléise, to fall into the paths of misfortune.

Aiṁireas. See aṁras.

Aiṁleas, -a, m., disadvantage, loss; an unhappy or evil course of life (opposed to leas); tá sé ag dul ar a a., he is leading a foolish or vicious life; déanfaiḋ sé a aiṁleas, he will work mischief for himself.

Aiṁleasaċ, -aiġe, a., foolish, imprudent.

Aiṁleasc, -leisce, a., lazy, slothful, indolent.

Aiṁleisce, g. id., f., laziness, slothfulness, sluggishness.

Aiṁleisceaċt, -a, f., laziness, sloth, sluggishness.

Aiṁleisceaṁail, -ṁla, a., indolent, reluctant, slothful, lazy.

Aiṁneart, -nirt, m., weakness.

Aiṁneartṁar, -aire, a., infirm, weak.

Aiṁreas, -ris, m., error, mistake, doubt. See aṁras.

Aiṁréiḋ, -e, a., disordered, disquieted, entangled, disturbed; seasaṁ aiṁréiḋ ar tuaiġ, standing in a troubled way on a hatchet (O'D.).

Aiṁréiḋe, g. id., f., unevenness (of road, etc.), entanglement (of cord, thread, etc.); the defiles or fastnesses of a place; dlúṫ-aiṁréiḋe na coille, the fastnesses of the wood; atá an snáiṫe i n-aiṁréiḋe, the thread is entangled; an ceann ag dul i n-aiṁréiḋe, the memory failing.

Aiṁreo, indec. f. (Mayo) = aiṁréiḋe, entanglement.

Aiṁriar, -réire, f., disobedience, mismanagement, opposition.

Aiṁriaraċ, -aiġe, a., disobedient, rebellious.