áes
See also: aes, AES, äes, -aes, a**es, äs, and æs
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːi̯s/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *aiwestom.
Noun
áes n
- age, years
- Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:
- Is áis cét bliadan dam.
- I am a hundred years of age.
- Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, vi 58.15:
- stage, period
- era (of the world)
- lifetime
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- áesmar
Descendants
- Irish: aois
- Manx: eash
- Scottish Gaelic: aois
Etymology 2
Perhaps from etymology 1.[1]
Noun
áes m
- folk, people
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- áes carcre
- áes céilide
- áes comchotaig
- áes dána
- áes gráid
- áes léiginn
- áes noíb
- áes síde
Descendants
- Irish: aos
- Scottish Gaelic: aos
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
áes | unchanged | n-áes |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “1 áes ‘age’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 áes ‘people’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
References
- J. Vendryes, Lexique étymologique de l'irlandais ancien