aimser

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aimser, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”) (compare Middle Welsh amser), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mh₁-eh₂, from the root *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap, harvest”).[1][2] Stifter suggests derivation from Proto-Celtic *ammansterā or *ammanstero, related to Old Irish amm (“time”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂etmn̥ (“wandering”), from the root *h₂et- (“to go”), thus cognate with Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌽 (*aþn) or *𐌰𐌸𐌽𐍃 (*aþns, “year”) (attested in 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”)).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamʲɕəɾ/

Noun

aimser f (genitive aimsire, nominative plural aimsera)

  1. time
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 8:
      Is ⟨s⟩í sin in chōiced bruden ro·boī i nHērinn isind aimsir sin, ocus bruden Da-Derg i crích Cūalann ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich ocus bruden Me[i]c Da-Rēo i mBrēfni ocus bruden Da-Choca i n‑īarthur Midi.
      That is one of the five halls that were (lit. “That is the fifth hall that was”) in Ireland at that time, [the others being] also the hall of Da-Derg in the territory of Cúalu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Bréifne, and the hall of Da-Choca in the west of Meath.

Inflection

  • Accusative/dative singular: aimsir

Descendants

  • Irish: aimsir
  • Manx: emshir
  • Scottish Gaelic: aimsir

Mutation

Mutation of aimser
radical lenition nasalization
aimser
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aimser

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “amstera”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 33-34
  3. ^ David Stifter (2017), “Varia II. The Origin of Time”, in Ériu, volume 67, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, pages 219–226

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”) (compare Middle Welsh amser), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mh₁-eh₂, from the root *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap, harvest”).[1][2] Stifter suggests derivation from Proto-Celtic *ammansterā or *ammansteros, related to amm (“time”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂etmn̥ (“wandering”), from the root *h₂et- (“to go”), thus cognate with Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌽 (*aþn) or *𐌰𐌸𐌽𐍃 (*aþns, “year”) (attested in 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”)).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaβ̃ʲ.sʲəɾ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈaβ̃ʲ.sʲeɾ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈaβ̃ʲ.sʲəɾ]

Noun

aimser f (genitive aimsire, nominative plural aimsera)

  1. point in time
    Synonyms: úar, tráth
  2. period of time, season
    Synonyms: tráth, ré, síst
  3. age, epoch
  4. rule, reign
  5. season, weather
  6. (phonology) length

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aimser.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aimserL aimsirL aimseraH
vocative aimserL aimsirL aimseraH
accusative aimsirN aimsirL aimseraH
genitive aimsireH aimserL aimserN
dative aimsirL aimseraib aimseraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • aimseracht
  • aimserad
  • aimserdae

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of aimser
radical lenition nasalization
aimser
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 aimser n-aimser

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “amstera”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 33-34
  3. ^ David Stifter (2017), “Varia II. The Origin of Time”, in Ériu, volume 67, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, pages 219–226

Further reading

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