aosánach

Irish

Etymology

From aois (“age”) +‎ -án (diminutive) + -ach (derivative); literally, “one who has a little age” (as opposed to a "big", or old, age).

Noun

aosánach m (genitive singular aosánaigh, nominative plural aosánaigh)

  1. youth, youngster
    Synonyms: buachaill, giolla, macaomh, ógánach

Declension

Declension of aosánach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aosánach aosánaigh
vocative a aosánaigh a aosánacha
genitive aosánaigh aosánach
dative aosánach aosánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aosánach na haosánaigh
genitive an aosánaigh na n-aosánach
dative leis an aosánach
don aosánach 		leis na haosánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of aosánach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosánach n-aosánach haosánach t-aosánach

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

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