aois

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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 आयुस् (ā́yus).

Pronunciation

Noun

aois f (genitive singular aoise, nominative plural aoiseanna)

  1. 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?)
  2. period of expectation of life
  3. old age
  4. period, era, age (historical period)
    meán aoiseanna ― Middle Ages
  5. century
    Bhí sé ag tús na 18ú haoise ― It was at the beginning of the 18th century

Declension

Declension of aois (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aois aoiseanna
vocative a aois a aoiseanna
genitive aoise aoiseanna
dative aois aoiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aois na haoiseanna
genitive na haoise na n-aoiseanna
dative leis an aois
don aois 		leis na haoiseanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aois
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aois n-aois haois not applicable

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áes.

Pronunciation

Noun

aois f (genitive singular aoise, plural aoisean)

  1. 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

Mutation of aois
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aois n-aois h-aois t-aois

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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