anaosta
Irish
Etymology
From an- (negative prefix) + aosta (“aged, old”).
Adjective
anaosta
Derived terms
- anaostacht f (“youthfulness”)
Related terms
- 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)
- tonnaosta (“getting on in years”, adjective)
- tromaosta (“of advanced age”, adjective)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anaosta | n-anaosta | hanaosta | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anaosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN