lánaosta

Irish

Etymology

From lán (“full”) +‎ aosta (“aged, old”).

Adjective

lánaosta

(law) of full age
rather old

Related terms

Terms related to lánaosta

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)

críonaosta (“old and withered”, adjective)
foraosta (“very old”, adjective)
meánaosta (“middle-aged”, adjective)

scothaosta (“fairly old, elderly”, adjective)
tonnaosta (“getting on in years”, adjective)
tromaosta (“of advanced age”, adjective)

References

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

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