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

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

References

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