Irish edit

Etymology edit

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Adjective edit

tonnaosta

  1. getting on in years

Related terms edit

  • anaosta (youthful, adjective)
  • aosta (aged, old, 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)
  • lánaosta (of full age; rather old, adjective)
  • meánaosta (middle-aged, adjective)
  • scothaosta (fairly old, elderly, adjective)
  • tromaosta (of advanced age, adjective)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tonnaosta thonnaosta dtonnaosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit