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)
- (uncountable) weather
- Synonym: síon
- (uncountable) time
- Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.
- Time is a good storyteller.
- (countable) time of year, season
- (countable) period of service
- (countable) period of gestation
- (countable, grammar) tense
- comhleanúint na n-aimsirí ― sequence of tenses
Declension
Declension of aimsir
Second declension
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Derived terms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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
- "aimsir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aimser” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aimsear” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 23.
- Entries containing “aimsir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aimsir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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)
- 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
- weather, climate
- Tha droch aimsir ann an-diugh. ― The weather is bad today. (lit. There is bad weather there today.)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- atharrachadh aimsir (“climate change”)
- gearraimsir (“short time”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimsir | n-aimsir | h-aimsir | t-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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