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
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) | |||
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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 | |||
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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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