aue

See also: Aue, AUE, auē, auê, and áue

Middle English

Noun

aue

1. Alternative form of awe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the interjection au.

Alternative forms

• aua (a infinitive)

Verb

aue (present tense auar, past tense aua, past participle aua, passive infinitive auast, present participle auande, imperative aue/au)

1. (intransitive) to say ouch!, to wail

Etymology 2

Noun

aue

1. Pronunciation spelling of auge.

References

• “aue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚐᚃᚔ (avi) (Old Irish aui/ui, Modern Irish uí), from Proto-Celtic *awyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Cognate with Old Prussian awis, Latin avus, Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō) and Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

Noun

aue m

1. grandson
2. descendant

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aue	aueL	auiL, ui
Vocative	aui	aueL	uu
Accusative	aueN	aueL	uuH
Genitive	auiL, uiL	aueL	aueN
Dative	uuL	auib, uib	auib, uib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: úa
  • Irish: ó, ua
  • Manx: oe
  • Scottish Gaelic: ogha
    • → Scots: oe

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aue (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aue
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), “úa, óa, ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language