áesmar

Old Irish

Etymology

From áes +‎ -mar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːi̯sβ̃ər/, [ˈaːi̯sβ̃ar]

Adjective

áesmar

1. aged, long-lived

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	áesmar	áesmar	áesmar
Vocative	áesmair* áesmar**
Accusative	áesmar	áesmair
Genitive	áesmair	áesmaire	áesmair
Dative	áesmur	áesmair	áesmur
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	áesmair	áesmara
Vocative	áesmaru áesmara†
Accusative	áesmaru áesmara†
Genitive	áesmar
Dative	áesmaraib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Mutation

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

Further reading

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