Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish áesán (fairies; sickness caused by fairies). By surface analysis, aos (people, folk) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

aosán m (genitive singular aosáin, nominative plural aosáin)

  1. evil fairy
  2. (collective) fairies

Declension edit

Mutation edit

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

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