áes

See also: aes, AES, äes, -aes, a**es, äs, and æs

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• aís, óes, oís

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːi̯s/

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *aiwestom.

Noun

áes n (genitive aís, nominative plural áesa)

1. age, years
   • Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:

     Is áis cét bliadan dam.

     I am a hundred years of age.

2. stage, period
3. era (of the world)
4. lifetime

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	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: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• áesmar

Descendants

• Irish: aois
• Manx: eash
• Scottish Gaelic: aois

Etymology 2

Perhaps from etymology 1.

Noun

áes m (genitive aíso)

1. (collective) folk, people

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	áes	—	—
Vocative	áes	—	—
Accusative	áesN	—	—
Genitive	aíso	—	—
Dative	áesL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

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

• áes carcre
• áes céilide
• áes comchotaig
• áes dána
• áes gráid
• áes léiginn
• áes noíb
• áes síde
• aís sechmaill

 

Descendants

• Irish: aos
• Scottish Gaelic: aos

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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