cianaosta

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Irish

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Etymology

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From cianaois (old age; ancient times) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix) or cian- (long; remote, distant) +‎ aosta (aged, old).

Adjective

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cianaosta

  1. long-lived, very old
  2. pristine, primeval

Declension

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Synonyms

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  • anaosta (youthful, adjective)
  • breacaosta (fairly old, adjective)
  • bunaosta (fairly old; middle-aged, adjective)
  • cnagaosta (advanced in years, elderly, adjective)
  • comhaosta (of the same age; contemporary, coeval, adjective)
  • críonaosta (old and withered, 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

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cianaosta chianaosta gcianaosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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