aisling
See also: Aisling
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aisling (plural aislings)
- A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, nominative plural aislingí)
- dream, vision
- (poetry) vision poem
- verbal noun of aisling
Declension
Declension of aisling
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (dream): brionglóid
- (vision): fís
Derived terms
- aisling bhréige f (“false apparition; empty dream”)
- aislingeach (“visionary; dreamy”, adjective)
- aislingeach m (“visionary; day-dreamer”)
- aislingeacht f (“(act of) day-dreaming; dreaminess”)
Verb
aisling (present analytic aislingeann, future analytic aislingfidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingthe)
Conjugation
conjugation of aisling (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aisling | n-aisling | haisling | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 19
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aisling”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aisling”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “aisling”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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