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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish áes, from Proto-Celtic *aiwestom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-. Cognate with Latin aevum, Sanskrit ā́yus.
Pronunciation
Noun
aois f (genitive singular aoise, nominative plural aoiseanna)
- age (of person)
- Cá haois é? Cén aois é? ― How old is he? (lit. What age is he?)
- Cárbh aois é? ― How old was he? (lit. What age was he?)
- period of expectation of life
- old age
- period, era, age (historical period)
- meán aoiseanna ― Middle Ages
- century
- Bhí sé ag tús na 18ú haoise ― It was at the beginning of the 18th century
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aois
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n-aois
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haois
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not applicable
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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) “aois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 áes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “aois” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aois” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish áes.
Pronunciation
Noun
aois f (genitive singular aoise, plural aoisean)
- age
- dè an aois a tha thu? ― how old are you?
- seann-aois ― old age
- cha tig an aois leatha fhèin ― old age doesn't come alone
- tha an aois a' laighe oirre ― she is showing her age
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aois |
n-aois |
h-aois |
t-aois
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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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References