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)
Declension
Declension of aislingeach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
Adjective
aislingeach (genitive singular masculine aislingigh, genitive singular feminine aislingí, plural aislingeacha, comparative aislingí)
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
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aislingeach | n-aislingeach | haislingeach | t-aislingeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aislingeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aislingthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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