scothaosta

Irish

Etymology

From scothaois (“fairly advanced age”) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix) or scoth- (“semi-, medium-; fairly, middling”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

scothaosta

1. fairly old, elderly

Synonyms

• (fairly old): breacaosta, bunaosta
• (elderly): cnagaosta, seanórtha

Related terms

• anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
• cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
scothaosta	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scothaosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN