aisling

See also: Aisling

English

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aislinge f (vision, dream).

Pronunciation

Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, nominative plural aislingí)

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

Declension

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

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

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

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

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