in aisce

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈn̪ˠɑʃcɪ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈn̪ˠasˠki/[1] (as if spelled in ascaí)

Adverb

free, free of charge (not requiring any payment)
vain (pointless, futile)

Further reading

"aisce" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48

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