áes

See also: aes, AES, äes, -aes, a**es, äs, and æs

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːi̯s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *aiwestom.

Noun

áes n

1. age, years
   • Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:

     Is áis cét bliadan dam.

     I am a hundred years of age.

2. stage, period
3. era (of the world)
4. lifetime

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• áesmar

Descendants

• Irish: aois
• Manx: eash
• Scottish Gaelic: aois

Etymology 2

Perhaps from etymology 1.

Noun

áes m

1. folk, people

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Derived terms

• áes carcre
• áes céilide
• áes comchotaig

• áes dána
• áes gráid

• áes léiginn
• áes noíb

Descendants

• Irish: aos
• Scottish Gaelic: aos

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
áes	unchanged	n-áes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “1 áes ‘age’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 áes ‘people’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

References