aosán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesán (“fairies; sickness caused by fairies”). By surface analysis, aos (“people, folk”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /eːˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːsˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈiːsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːsˠanˠ/, /ˈiːsˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

aosán m (genitive singular aosáin, nominative plural aosáin)

  1. evil fairy
  2. (collective) fairies

Declension

Declension of aosán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aosán aosáin
vocative a aosáin a aosána
genitive aosáin aosán
dative aosán aosáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aosán na haosáin
genitive an aosáin na n-aosán
dative leis an aosán
don aosán 		leis na haosáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of aosán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosán n-aosán haosán t-aosán

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

References

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