Irish

Alternative forms

• aimsear

Noun

aimsir f ‎(genitive singular aimsire, nominative plural aimsirí)

1. (uncountable) weather
2. (uncountable) time

   Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir.‎

   Time is a good storyteller.

3. (countable) time of year, season
4. (countable) period of service
5. (countable) period of gestation
6. (countable, grammar) tense

   comhleanúint na n-aimsirí‎ ― sequence of tenses

Declension

Synonyms

• (weather): síon

Derived terms

• buachaill aimsire ‎(“servant boy”)
• cailín aimsire ‎(“servant girl”)

Mutation

References

• “aimser” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aimsear” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 23.
• "aimsir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aimser f, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā ‎(“time, moment”) (compare Welsh amser).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.mi.ʃɪɾʲ]

Noun

aimsir f ‎(genitive singular aimsir or aimsire, plural aimsirean)

1. time, epoch, season

   an aimsir a chaidh‎ ― the past (lit. time that went)

   an t-seann aimsir‎ ― old time(s)

   an aimsir seo‎ ― these times

2. weather, climate

   Tha droch aimsir ann an-diugh.‎ ― The weather is bad today. (lit. There is bad weather there today.)

Synonyms

• (season): ràith
• (weather): sìde

Derived terms

• atharrachadh aimsir ‎(“climate change”)
• gearraimsir ‎(“short time”)

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “aimser” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.