foraosta
Irish
Etymology
From for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”) + aosta (“aged, old”).
Adjective
foraosta
- very old
Synonyms
- cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, adjective)
Related terms
- 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
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foraosta | fhoraosta | bhforaosta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foraosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN