aosta

See also: Aosta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesta (“old, ancient”), from áes (“age”). By surface analysis, aois (“age”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsˠt̪ˠə/, (older) /ˈɯːsˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

aosta

1. aged, old

Derived terms

• anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
• aostach m (“old person”)
• aostacht f (“oldness; old age”)
• breacaosta (“fairly old”, adjective)
• bunaosta (“middle-aged”, adjective)
• cianaosta (“long-lived”, adjective)
• cnagaosta (“elderly”, adjective)
• comhaosta (“contemporary”, adjective)
• críonaosta (“old and withered”, adjective)
• foraosta (“very old”, 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 aosta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aosta	n-aosta	haosta	not applicable

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) “aosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aosda (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish áesta (“old, ancient”) (compare Irish aosta), from áes (“age, years; stage, period of life; lifetime; age of the world, era”). By surface analysis, aois +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯːs̪t̪ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [ˈɯːs̪t̪]

Adjective

aosta

1. old, aged, elderly

Mutation

Mutation of aosta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aosta	n-aosta	h-aosta	t-aosta

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