aosán

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish áesán (“fairies; sickness caused by fairies”). By surface analysis, aos (“people, folk”) +‎ -án. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /eːˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːsˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈiːsˠɑːn̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːsˠanˠ/, /ˈiːsˠan̪ˠ/ === Noun === aosán m (genitive singular aosáin, nominative plural aosáin) evil fairy (collective) fairies ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aosán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áesán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language