aois

== Irish == === Alternative forms === aos === Etymology === From Old Irish áes, from Proto-Celtic *aiwestom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-. Cognate with Latin aevum, Sanskrit आयुस् (ā́yus). === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /iːʃ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /iːʃ/, (older) /ɯːʃ/ === Noun === aois f (genitive singular aoise, nominative plural aoiseanna) age (of person) Cá haois é? Cén aois é? ― How old is he? (lit. What age is he?) Cárbh aois é? ― How old was he? (lit. What age was he?) period of expectation of life old age period, era, age (historical period) meán aoiseanna ― Middle Ages century Bhí sé ag tús na 18ú haoise ― It was at the beginning of the 18th century ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “aois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “aois”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish áes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɯːʃ] === Noun === aois f (genitive singular aoise, plural aoisean) age dè an aois a tha thu? ― how old are you? seann-aois ― old age cha tig an aois leatha fhèin ― old age doesn't come alone tha an aois a' laighe oirre ― she is showing her age ==== Derived terms ==== co-aois co-aoiseach Na Meadhan-aoisean (“the Middle Ages”) === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language