scothaosta
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From scothaois (“fairly advanced age”) + -ta (adjectival suffix) or scoth- (“semi-, medium-; fairly, middling”) + aosta (“aged, old”).
Adjective edit
scothaosta
Synonyms edit
- (fairly old): breacaosta, bunaosta
- (elderly): cnagaosta, seanórtha
Related terms edit
- anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
- cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, 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)
- meánaosta (“middle-aged”, adjective)
- tonnaosta (“getting on in years”, adjective)
- tromaosta (“of advanced age”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| scothaosta | not applicable | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scothaosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN