aue

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See also: Aue, AUE, auē, auê, and áue

Middle English

Noun

aue

  1. Alternative form of awe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the interjection au.

Alternative forms

  • aua (a infinitive)

Verb

aue (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aue/au)

  1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

Etymology 2

Noun

aue

  1. Pronunciation spelling of auge.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) (Old Irish aui/ui, Modern Irish ), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Cognate with Old Prussian awis, Latin avus, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō) and Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

Noun

aue m

  1. grandson
  2. descendant

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aue aueL auiL, ui
Vocative aui aueL uu
Accusative aueN aueL uuH
Genitive auiL, uiL aueL aueN
Dative uuL auib, uib auib, uib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: úa

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aue
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aue
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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