aois
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish áes, from Proto-Celtic *aiwestom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-. Cognate with Latin aevum, Sanskrit ā́yus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaois f (genitive singular aoise, nominative plural aoiseanna)
- age (of person)
- Cá haois é? Cén aois é? ― How old is he? (lit. What age is he?)
- Cárbh aois é? ― How old was he? (lit. What age was he?)
- period of expectation of life
- old age
- period, era, age (historical period)
- meán aoiseanna ― Middle Ages
- century
- Bhí sé ag tús na 18ú haoise ― It was at the beginning of the 18th century
Declension
editDeclension of aois
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- aosánach m (“youth, youngster”)
- meánaois f (“middle age”)
- Meánaois f (“Middle Ages”)
- nua-aois f (“modern period”)
- oighearaois f (“ice age”)
- príomhaoiseach (“primeval”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aois | n-aois | haois | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aois”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaois f (genitive singular aoise, plural aoisean)
- age
- dè an aois a tha thu? ― how old are you?
- seann-aois ― old age
- cha tig an aois leatha fhèin ― old age doesn't come alone
- tha an aois a' laighe oirre ― she is showing her age
Derived terms
edit- co-aois
- co-aoiseach
- Na Meadhan-aoisean (“the Middle Ages”)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aois | n-aois | h-aois | t-aois |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Age
- ga:Time
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- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- gd:Time