aosta

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesta (“old, ancient”), from áes (“age”).[1] By surface analysis, aois (“age”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aosta

  1. aged, old

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aosta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosta n-aosta haosta not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish áesta (“old, ancient”)[1] (compare Irish aosta), from áes (“age, years; stage, period of life; lifetime; age of the world, era”). By surface analysis, aois +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aosta

  1. old, aged, elderly

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áesta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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