aimsir

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimsear

Etymology

From Old Irish aimser (compare Manx emshir), from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”) (compare Welsh amser and Breton amzer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamʲʃəɾʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæmʲʃəɾʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæːmʲʃəɾʲ/

Noun

aimsir f (genitive singular aimsire, nominative plural aimsirí)

1. (uncountable) weather

   Synonym: síon

2. (uncountable) time

   Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.

   Time is a good storyteller.

3. (countable) time of year, season
4. (countable) period of service
5. (countable) period of gestation
6. (countable, grammar) tense

   comhleanúint na n-aimsirí ― sequence of tenses

Declension

Declension of aimsir

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aimsir aimsirí Vocative a aimsir a aimsirí Genitive aimsire aimsirí Dative aimsir aimsirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aimsir na haimsirí Genitive na haimsire na n-aimsirí Dative leis an aimsir don aimsir leis na haimsirí

Derived terms

• aimsir chaite (“past tense”)
• aimsir mhór (“foul weather”)
• an tseanaimsir (“old times”)
• anaimsir (“unseasonable weather”)
• buachaill aimsire (“servant boy”)
• cailín aimsire (“servant girl”)
• cairt aimsire, léarscáil aimsire, mapa aimsire (“weather map”)
• caitheamh aimsire (“amusement, pastime”)
• cianaimsir (“a long time”)
• crua-aimsir (“severe weather”)
• iar-aimsire (“of later time”, adjective)
• iomrall aimsire (“anachronism”)
• satailít aimsire f (“weather satellite”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimsir	n-aimsir	haimsir	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimsir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aimsir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aimsir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimser f, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”) (compare Welsh amser).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.mɛ.ʃɪɾʲ/, /ˈɛ.mi.ʃɪɾʲ/

Noun

aimsir f (genitive singular aimsir or aimsire, plural aimsirean)

1. time, epoch, season

   an aimsir a chaidh ― the past (lit. time that went)

   an t-seann aimsir ― old time(s)

   an aimsir seo ― these times

2. weather, climate

   Tha droch aimsir ann an-diugh. ― The weather is bad today. (lit. There is bad weather there today.)

Synonyms

• (season): ràith
• (weather): sìde

Derived terms

• atharrachadh aimsir (“climate change”)
• gearraimsir (“short time”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimsir	n-aimsir	h-aimsir	t-aimsir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimsir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language