breacaosta

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Irish

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Etymology

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From breacaois (fairly advanced age) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix) or breac- (middling, partly) +‎ aosta (aged, old).

Adjective

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breacaosta

  1. fairly old

Synonyms

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  • anaosta (youthful, adjective)
  • cianaosta (long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval, adjective)
  • cnagaosta (advanced in years, elderly, adjective)
  • comhaosta (of the same age; contemporary, coeval, adjective)
  • críonaosta (old and withered, adjective)
  • foraosta (very old, adjective)
  • lánaosta (of full age; rather old, adjective)
  • meánaosta (middle-aged, adjective)
  • tonnaosta (getting on in years, adjective)
  • tromaosta (of advanced age, adjective)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breacaosta bhreacaosta mbreacaosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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