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

• Gilanis, ailings, nilgais, sailing

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Cork, Waterford) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃlʲɪɲ/
• (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

• (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)

1. (rare, literary) dream of, see in a dream; have a vision of, see in a vision

Conjugation

conjugation of aisling (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	aisling
past participle	aislingthe
tense	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*	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‡; n-aislinginn‡‡	d'aislingteá / aislingteá‡; n-aislingteᇇ	d'aislingeadh sé, sí / aislingeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingeadh sé, s퇇	d'aislingimis; d'aislingeadh muid / aislingimis; aislingeadh muid‡; n-aislingimis‡‡; n-aislingeadh muid‡‡	d'aislingeadh sibh / aislingeadh sibh‡; n-aislingeadh sibh‡‡	d'aislingidís; d'aislingeadh siad / aislingidís; aislingeadh siad‡; n-aislingidís‡‡; n-aislingeadh siad‡‡	a d'aislingeadh / a n-aislingeadh*	d'aislingtí / aislingtí‡; n-aislingt퇇
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*	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 / a n-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

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisling

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisling	n-aisling	haisling	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 19
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aisling”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aisling”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• “aisling”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Uist, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃʎɪkʲ/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈæʃlɪkʲ]

Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean)

1. dream, vision
2. verbal noun of aisling

Synonyms

• bruadar

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

• (more common) bruadair
• bruadaraich