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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish oígi.
Noun
aoi m (genitive singular aoi, nominative plural aíonna)
- guest, lodger
- knowledgeable person
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish aí (“poetic inspiration, metrical composition”).
Noun
aoi m (genitive singular aoi)
- (literary, literature) a metrical composition
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
aoi
- Only used in ar aoi
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aoi
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n-aoi
|
haoi
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t-aoi
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oígi (‘stranger, guest’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 aí (‘poetic inspiraton, metrical composition’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “aoi” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aoi” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Japanese
Romanization
aoi
- Rōmaji transcription of あおい