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

Related terms

• aosántacht f (“youthfulness”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aosánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aosánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm