aisling

See also: Aisling

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Irish aisling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃlɪŋ/

Noun

aisling (plural aislings)

1. 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

• Gilanis, ailings, nilgais, sailing

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).

Pronunciation

• (Cork, Waterford) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃlʲɪɲ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃlʲənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃl̠ʲən̠ʲ/

Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, nominative plural aislingí)

1. dream, vision
2. (poetry) vision poem
3. verbal noun of aisling

Declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aisling aislingí Vocative a aisling a aislingí Genitive aislinge aislingí Dative aisling aislingí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aisling na haislingí Genitive na haislinge na n-aislingí Dative leis an aisling don aisling leis na haislingí

Declension of aisling

Second declension

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)

1. (rare, literary) dream of, see in a dream; have a vision of, see in a vision

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	aislingim	aislingeann tú; aislingir†	aislingeann sé, sí	aislingimid	aislingeann sibh	aislingeann siad; aislingid†	a aislingeann; a aislingeas / a n-aislingeann*; a n-aislingeas*	aislingtear
	past	d'aisling mé; d'aislingeas / aisling mé‡; aislingeas‡	d'aisling tú; d'aislingis / aisling tú; aislingis‡	d'aisling sé, sí / aisling sé, sí‡	d'aislingeamar; d'aisling muid / aislingeamar; aisling muid‡	d'aisling sibh; d'aislingeabhair / aisling sibh; aislingeabhair‡	d'aisling siad; d'aislingeadar / aisling siad; aislingeadar‡	a d'aisling / ar aisling*	aislingeadh; haislingeadh†
	past habitual	d'aislinginn / aislinginn‡; n-aislinginn‡‡	d'aislingteá / aislingteá‡; n-aislingteᇇ	d'aislingeadh sé, sí / aislingeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingeadh sé, s퇇	d'aislingimis; d'aislingeadh muid / aislingimis; aislingeadh muid‡; n-aislingimis‡‡; n-aislingeadh muid‡‡	d'aislingeadh sibh / aislingeadh sibh‡; n-aislingeadh sibh‡‡	d'aislingidís; d'aislingeadh siad / aislingidís; aislingeadh siad‡; n-aislingidís‡‡; n-aislingeadh siad‡‡	a d'aislingeadh / a n-aislingeadh*	d'aislingtí / aislingtí‡; n-aislingt퇇
future		aislingfidh mé; aislingfead	aislingfidh tú; aislingfir†	aislingfidh sé, sí	aislingfimid; aislingfidh muid	aislingfidh sibh	aislingfidh siad; aislingfid†	a aislingfidh; a aislingfeas / a n-aislingfidh*; a n-aislingfeas*	aislingfear
conditional		d'aislingfinn / aislingfinn‡; n-aislingfinn‡‡	d'aislingfeá / aislingfeá‡; n-aislingfeᇇ	d'aislingfeadh sé, sí / aislingfeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingfeadh sé, s퇇	d'aislingfimis; d'aislingfeadh muid / aislingfimis‡; aislingfeadh muid‡; n-aislingfimis‡‡; n-aislingfeadh muid‡‡	d'aislingfeadh sibh / aislingfeadh sibh‡; n-aislingfeadh sibh‡‡	d'aislingfidís; d'aislingfeadh siad / aislingfidís‡; aislingfeadh siad‡; n-aislingfidís‡‡; n-aislingfeadh siad‡‡	a d'aislingfeadh / a n-aislingfeadh*	d'aislingfí / aislingfí‡; n-aislingf퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-aislinge mé; go n-aislingead†	go n-aislinge tú; go n-aislingir†	go n-aislinge sé, sí	go n-aislingimid; go n-aislinge muid	go n-aislinge sibh	go n-aislinge siad; go n-aislingid†	—	go n-aislingtear
	past	dá n-aislinginn	dá n-aislingteá	dá n-aislingeadh sé, sí	dá n-aislingimis; dá n-aislingeadh muid	dá n-aislingeadh sibh	dá n-aislingidís; dá n-aislingeadh siad	—	dá n-aislingtí
imperative		aislingim	aisling	aislingeadh sé, sí	aislingimis	aislingigí; aislingidh†	aislingidís	—	aislingtear
verbal noun		aisling
past participle		aislingthe

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
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃlɪŋʲɡʲ/; /ˈaʃlɪɲ/; /ˈaʃlɪɡʲ/

Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean)

1. dream, vision
2. verbal noun of aisling

Synonyms

• bruadar

Derived terms

• • aisling-chadail (“night's dream”)
  • aisling-chonnain (“erotic dream”)

   

Verb

aisling (past aisling, future aislingidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingte)

1. (uncommon as a verb) dream

Synonyms

• (more common) bruadair
• bruadaraich