aostacht

Irish

Etymology

From aosta (“aged, old”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

aostacht f (genitive singular aostachta)

1. oldness; old age

Declension

Declension of aostacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aostacht vocative a aostacht genitive aostachta dative aostacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aostacht genitive na haostachta dative leis an aostacht don aostacht

Related terms

• aostach m (“old person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aostacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aostacht	n-aostacht	haostacht	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) “aostacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN