foraosta

Irish

Etymology

From for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

foraosta

very old

Synonyms

cianaosta (“long-lived, very old; pristine, primeval”, adjective)

Related terms

Terms related to foraosta

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
foraosta	fhoraosta	bhforaosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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