aisling

See also: Aisling

English

Etymology

Irish aisling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæʃlɪŋ/

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

Gilanis, ailings, nilgais, sailing

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)

dream, vision
(poetry) vision poem
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

(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)

(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	relative	autonomous
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‡	d'aislingfeá / aislingfeá‡	d'aislingfeadh sé, sí / aislingfeadh sé, sí‡	d'aislingfimis; d'aislingfeadh muid / aislingfimis; aislingfeadh muid‡	d'aislingfeadh sibh / aislingfeadh sibh‡	d'aislingfidís; d'aislingfeadh siad / aislingfidís; aislingfeadh siad‡	a d'aislingfeadh / ar aislingfeadh*	d'aislingfí / aislingfí‡
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
subjunctive	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

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.

aisling

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