aimsir

Irish

Alternative forms
  • aimsear

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈamʲʃəɾʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæmʲʃəɾʲ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) 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”)
  • anaimsir (“unseasonable weather”)
  • an tseanaimsir (“old times”)
  • 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”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

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

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aimsirn-aimsirh-aimsirt-aimsir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “aimser” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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