aosach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesach.

Noun

aosach m (genitive singular aosaigh, nominative plural aosaigh)

  1. adult

Declension

Declension of aosach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aosach aosaigh
Vocative a aosaigh a aosacha
Genitive aosaigh aosach
Dative aosach aosaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aosach na haosaigh
Genitive an aosaigh na n-aosach
Dative leis an aosach

don aosach

leis na haosaigh

Adjective

aosach (genitive singular masculine aosaigh, genitive singular feminine aosaí, plural aosacha, comparative aosaí)

  1. adult (denoting category)

Declension

Declension of aosach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aosach aosach aosacha
Vocative aosaigh aosacha
Genitive aosaí aosacha aosach
Dative aosach aosach;
aosaigh (archaic) 		aosacha
Comparative níos aosaí
Superlative is aosaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosach n-aosach haosach t-aosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

  • “aosach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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