aos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aos"

Galician

Alternative forms

• ós

Etymology

From contraction of preposition a (“to, towards”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs/

Contraction

aos m pl (masculine sg ao, feminine sg á, feminine plural ás)

1. to the, towards the

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áes².

Alternative forms

• taos

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [eːsˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [iːsˠ]

Noun

aos m (genitive singular aosa)

1. people, folk

Declension

Declension of aos

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aos Vocative a aos Genitive aosa Dative aos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aos Genitive an aosa Dative leis an aos don aos

Derived terms

• aosán m (“evil fairy; fairies”)
• aos sí m (“fairy folk”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aos m

1. Alternative form of aois (“age”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aos	n-aos	haos	t-aos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 áes (‘people, folk’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aws/ [aʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aws/ [aʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awʃ/ [aʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awʃ/

• Hyphenation: aos

Contraction

aos m pl

1. Contraction of a os: masculine plural of ao

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ao.