lánaosta

Irish

Etymology

From lán (“full”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

lánaosta

1. (law) of full age
2. rather old

Related terms

• anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
• breacaosta (“fairly old”, adjective)
• bunaosta (“fairly old; middle-aged”, adjective)
• 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)
• meánaosta (“middle-aged”, adjective)
• scothaosta (“fairly old, elderly”, adjective)
• tonnaosta (“getting on in years”, adjective)
• tromaosta (“of advanced age”, adjective)

 

References

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