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

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