cianaosta

Irish

Etymology

From cianaois (“old age; ancient times”) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix) or cian- (“long; remote, distant”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

cianaosta

  1. long-lived, very old
  2. pristine, primeval

Declension

Declension of cianaosta
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cianaosta chianaosta cianaosta;
chianaosta2
vocative chianaosta cianaosta
genitive cianaosta cianaosta cianaosta
dative cianaosta;
chianaosta1 		chianaosta cianaosta;
chianaosta2
Comparative níos cianaosta
Superlative is cianaosta

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

  • anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
  • breacaosta (“fairly old”, adjective)
  • bunaosta (“fairly old; middle-aged”, adjective)
  • cnagaosta (“advanced in years, elderly”, adjective)
  • comhaosta (“of the same age; contemporary, coeval”, adjective)
  • críonaosta (“old and withered”, 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

Mutated forms of cianaosta
radical lenition eclipsis
cianaosta chianaosta gcianaosta

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

Further reading

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