aisling

See also: Aisling

English

Etymology

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

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (West Muskerry, Ring) IPA(key): /ˈaʃlʲɪɲ/
  • (West 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
Declension of aisling

Second 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

Synonyms

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
First Conjugation (A)
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‡		 d'aislingteá /
aislingteá‡		 d'aislingeadh sé, sí /
aislingeadh sé, sí‡		 d'aislingimis; d'aislingeadh muid /
aislingimis; aislingeadh muid‡		 d'aislingeadh sibh /
aislingeadh sibh‡		 d'aislingidís; d'aislingeadh siad /
aislingidís; aislingeadh siad‡		 a d'aislingeadh /
ar aislingeadh*		 d'aislingtí /
aislingtí‡
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 /
ar 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

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • “aislinge” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aislingid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aisling” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 19.
  • "aisling" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “aisling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “aisling” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “aisling” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
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