cianaosta

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

cianaosta

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

Declension
Declension of cianaosta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cianaosta chianaosta cianaosta;
chianaosta²
Vocative chianaosta cianaosta
Genitive cianaosta cianaosta cianaosta
Dative cianaosta;
chianaosta¹		 chianaosta cianaosta;
chianaosta²
Comparative níos cianaosta
Superlative is cianaosta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
  • 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
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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