Irish

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Etymology

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From bunaois (fairly advanced age) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix) or bun- (basic, primary, elementary; medium; fairly old) +‎ aosta (aged, old).

Adjective

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bunaosta

  1. fairly old; (of person) middle-aged

Synonyms

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  • anaosta (youthful, adjective)
  • bunbhean f (middle-aged woman)
  • bunfhear m (middle-aged man)
  • cianaosta (long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval, adjective)
  • cnagaosta (advanced in years, elderly, adjective)
  • comhaosta (of the same age; contemporary, coeval, adjective)
  • críonaosta (old and withered, adjective)
  • foraosta (very old, adjective)
  • lánaosta (of full age; rather old, adjective)
  • tonnaosta (getting on in years, adjective)
  • tromaosta (of advanced age, adjective)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bunaosta
radical lenition eclipsis
bunaosta bhunaosta mbunaosta

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

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