aisling

== English == === Etymology === From 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 === (Cork, Waterford) IPA(key): /ˈaʃlʲɪɲ/ (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 ==== ==== 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) to dream of, see in a dream; have a vision of, see in a vision ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === 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, 2013–2026 “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): /ˈaʃʎikʲ/ (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈæʃlikʲ/ === Noun === aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean) dream, vision Synonym: bruadar verbal noun of aisling ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === aisling (past aisling, future aislingidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingte) (uncommon as a verb) dream Synonyms: (more common) bruadair, bruadaraich ==== Conjugation ==== === References ===