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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”).
Pronunciation
Contraction
aos m pl (masculine sg ao, feminine sg á, feminine plural ás)
- to the, towards the
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish áes2.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
aos m (genitive singular aosa)
- people, folk
Declension
Derived terms
- aosán m (“evil fairy; fairies”)
Etymology 2
Noun
aos m
- Alternative form of aois (“age”)
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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aos
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n-aos
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haos
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t-aos
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 áes (‘people, folk’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Contraction
aos m pl
- Contraction of a os: masculine plural of ao
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ao.