aostach

Irish

Etymology

From aosta (“aged, old”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

aostach m (genitive singular aostaigh, nominative plural aostaigh)

1. old person

Declension

Declension of aostach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aostach aostaigh vocative a aostaigh a aostacha genitive aostaigh aostach dative aostach aostaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aostach na haostaigh genitive an aostaigh na n-aostach dative leis an aostach don aostach leis na haostaigh

Related terms

• aostacht f (“oldness; old age”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aostach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aostach	n-aostach	haostach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aostach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN