aislingeach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aislingthech (“dreamer”). By surface analysis, aisling (“see in dream or vision”, verb) +‎ -ach (nominal suffix).

Noun

aislingeach m (genitive singular aislingigh, nominative plural aislingigh)

1. visionary
2. day-dreamer

Declension

Declension of aislingeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aislingeach aislingigh vocative a aislingigh a aislingeacha genitive aislingigh aislingeach dative aislingeach aislingigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aislingeach na haislingigh genitive an aislingigh na n-aislingeach dative leis an aislingeach don aislingeach leis na haislingigh

Alternative forms

• aislingtheach

Adjective

aislingeach (genitive singular masculine aislingigh, genitive singular feminine aislingí, plural aislingeacha, comparative aislingí)

1. visionary; dreamy

Declension

Declension of aislingeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aislingeach	aislingeach	aislingeacha
vocative	aislingigh		aislingeacha
genitive		aislingí	aislingeacha	aislingeach
dative	aislingeach	aislingeach; aislingigh (archaic)	aislingeacha
Comparative	níos aislingí
Superlative	is aislingí

Related terms

• aislingeacht f (“(act of) day-dreaming; dreaminess”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aislingeach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aislingeach	n-aislingeach	haislingeach	t-aislingeach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aislingeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislingthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language