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 case singular plural nominative aosach aosaigh vocative a aosaigh a aosacha genitive aosaigh aosach dative aosach aosaigh forms with the definite article case 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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• “aosach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024