aosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesach.

Noun

aosach m (genitive singular aosaigh, nominative plural aosaigh)

  1. adult

Declension

Declension of aosach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aosach aosaigh
vocative a aosaigh a aosacha
genitive aosaigh aosach
dative aosach aosaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aosach na haosaigh
genitive an aosaigh na n-aosach
dative leis an aosach
don aosach 		leis na haosaigh

Adjective

aosach (genitive singular masculine aosaigh, genitive singular feminine aosaí, plural aosacha, comparative aosaí)

  1. adult (denoting category)

Declension

Declension of aosach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aosach aosach aosacha
vocative aosaigh aosacha
genitive aosaí aosacha aosach
dative aosach aosach;
aosaigh (archaic) 		aosacha
Comparative níos aosaí
Superlative is aosaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aosach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aosach n-aosach haosach t-aosach

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

References

Further reading

  • “aosach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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