críonaosta

Irish

Etymology

From críon (“anything old or withered”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

críonaosta

old and withered

Related terms

Terms related to críonaosta

anaosta (“youthful”, adjective)
breacaosta (“fairly old”, adjective)
bunaosta (“fairly old; middle-aged”, adjective)

cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, adjective)
cnagaosta (“advanced in years, elderly”, adjective)
comhaosta (“of the same age; contemporary, coeval”, adjective)

foraosta (“very old”, 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
críonaosta	chríonaosta	gcríonaosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"críonaosta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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