áes
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Proto-Celtic *aiwestom.
Noun
áes n (genitive aís, nominative plural áesa)
- age, years
- Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:
- Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:
- stage, period
- era (of the world)
- lifetime
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | áesN | áesN | áesL, áesa |
Vocative | áesN | áesN | áesL, áesa |
Accusative | áesN | áesN | áesL, áesa |
Genitive | aísL | áes | áesN |
Dative | áesL | áesaib | áesaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Perhaps from etymology 1.[1]
Noun
áes m (genitive aíso)
- (collective) folk, people
Inflection
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | áes | — | — |
Vocative | áes | — | — |
Accusative | áesN | — | — |
Genitive | aíso | — | — |
Dative | áesL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Usage notes
Almost always qualified by an adjective, a noun in the genitive case, or a relative clause describing what kind of folk are in question.
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
áes (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-áes |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áes ‘age’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 áes ‘people’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
- ^ J. Vendryes, Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien
Categories:
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish neuter nouns
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish neuter o-stem nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish collective nouns
- Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns
- Old Irish uncountable nouns
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