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English
Etymology
From Irish aisling.
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
Noun
aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, nominative plural aislingí)
- dream, vision
- (poetry) vision poem
- verbal noun of aisling
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
aisling (present analytic aislingeann, future analytic aislingfidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingthe)
- (rare, literary) dream of, see in a dream; have a vision of, see in a vision
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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aislingim
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aislingeann tú; aislingir†
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aislingeann sé, sí
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aislingimid
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aislingeann sibh
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aislingeann siad; aislingid†
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a aislingeann; a aislingeas / a n-aislingeann*
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aislingtear
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past
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d'aisling mé; d'aislingeas / aisling mé‡; aislingeas‡
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d'aisling tú; d'aislingis / aisling tú; aislingis‡
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d'aisling sé, sí / aisling sé, sí‡
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d'aislingeamar; d'aisling muid / aislingeamar; aisling muid‡
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d'aisling sibh; d'aislingeabhair / aisling sibh; aislingeabhair‡
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d'aisling siad; d'aislingeadar / aisling siad; aislingeadar‡
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a d'aisling / ar aisling*
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aislingeadh; haislingeadh†
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past habitual
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d'aislinginn / aislinginn‡; n-aislinginn‡‡
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d'aislingteá / aislingteá‡; n-aislingteᇇ
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d'aislingeadh sé, sí / aislingeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingeadh sé, s퇇
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d'aislingimis; d'aislingeadh muid / aislingimis; aislingeadh muid‡; n-aislingimis‡‡; n-aislingeadh muid‡‡
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d'aislingeadh sibh / aislingeadh sibh‡; n-aislingeadh sibh‡‡
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d'aislingidís; d'aislingeadh siad / aislingidís; aislingeadh siad‡; n-aislingidís‡‡; n-aislingeadh siad‡‡
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a d'aislingeadh / a n-aislingeadh*
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d'aislingtí / aislingtí‡; n-aislingt퇇
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future
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aislingfidh mé; aislingfead
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aislingfidh tú; aislingfir†
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aislingfidh sé, sí
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aislingfimid; aislingfidh muid
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aislingfidh sibh
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aislingfidh siad; aislingfid†
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a aislingfidh; a aislingfeas / a n-aislingfidh*
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aislingfear
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conditional
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d'aislingfinn / aislingfinn‡; n-aislingfinn‡‡
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d'aislingfeá / aislingfeá‡; n-aislingfeᇇ
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d'aislingfeadh sé, sí / aislingfeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingfeadh sé, s퇇
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d'aislingfimis; d'aislingfeadh muid / aislingfimis‡; aislingfeadh muid‡; n-aislingfimis‡‡; n-aislingfeadh muid‡‡
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d'aislingfeadh sibh / aislingfeadh sibh‡; n-aislingfeadh sibh‡‡
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d'aislingfidís; d'aislingfeadh siad / aislingfidís‡; aislingfeadh siad‡; n-aislingfidís‡‡; n-aislingfeadh siad‡‡
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a d'aislingfeadh / a n-aislingfeadh*
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d'aislingfí / aislingfí‡; n-aislingf퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go n-aislinge mé; go n-aislingead†
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go n-aislinge tú; go n-aislingir†
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go n-aislinge sé, sí
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go n-aislingimid; go n-aislinge muid
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go n-aislinge sibh
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go n-aislinge siad; go n-aislingid†
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—
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go n-aislingtear
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past
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dá n-aislinginn
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dá n-aislingteá
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dá n-aislingeadh sé, sí
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dá n-aislingimis; dá n-aislingeadh muid
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dá n-aislingeadh sibh
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dá n-aislingidís; dá n-aislingeadh siad
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—
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dá n-aislingtí
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imperative
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aislingim
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aisling
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aislingeadh sé, sí
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aislingimis
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aislingigí; aislingidh†
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aislingidís
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—
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aislingtear
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verbal noun
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aisling
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past participle
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aislingthe
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* 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
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aisling
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n-aisling
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haisling
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean)
- dream, vision
- verbal noun of aisling
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
aisling (past aisling, future aislingidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingte)
- (uncommon as a verb) dream
Synonyms
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap