aosaigh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From aois (age) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix). Compare Old Irish áesaid.

Verb

aosaigh (present analytic aosaíonn, future analytic aosóidh, verbal noun aosú, past participle aosaithe)

  1. (intransitive) age; come of age
Conjugation
  • Variant present autonomous aostar used in certain phrases

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aosaigh

  1. inflection of aosach (adult):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of aosaigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosaigh n-aosaigh haosaigh not applicable

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

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