aosach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áesach.

Noun

aosach m (genitive singular aosaigh, nominative plural aosaigh)

1. adult

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

Declension of aosach

First declension

Adjective

aosach (genitive singular masculine aosaigh, genitive singular feminine aosaí, plural aosacha, comparative aosaí)

1. adult (denoting category)

Declension

	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

Declension of aosach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aosach	n-aosach	haosach	t-aosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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