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aimsir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish aimser[1] (compare Manx emshir), from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (time, moment) (compare Welsh amser and Breton amzer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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-aimsirísequence of tenses

Declension

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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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of aimsir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimsir n-aimsir haimsir not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 22, page 13
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 23
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aimsir

  1. accusative/dative singular of aimser

Mutation

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Mutation of aimsir
radical lenition nasalization
aimsir unchanged n-aimsir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aimsir

  1. inflection of aimser:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

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Mutation of aimsir
radical lenition nasalization
aimsir
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aimsir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish aimser f, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (time, moment) (compare Welsh amser).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aimsir f (genitive singular aimsir or aimsire, plural aimsirean)

  1. time, epoch, season
    an aimsir a chaidhthe past (lit. time that went)
    an t-seann aimsirold time(s)
    an aimsir seothese times
  2. weather, climate
    Tha droch aimsir ann an-diugh.The weather is bad today. (lit. There is bad weather there today.)

Declension

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Declension of aimsir (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative aimsir aimsirean
genitive aimsire, aimsir aimsirean
dative aimsir aimsirean; aimsiribh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) aimsir (na) h-aimsirean
genitive (na) h-aimsire, h-aimsir (nan) aimsirean
dative (an) aimsir (na) h-aimsirean; h-aimsiribh
vocative aimsir aimsirean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of aimsir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aimsir n-aimsir h-aimsir t-aimsir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aimsir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aimser”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language