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Aoi
aoi
aoi
Irish
Alternative forms
- aoidhe (obsolete)
- aoighe (obsolete)
Noun
aoi m (genitive singular aoi, nominative plural aíonna)
- guest
- knowledgeable person
Declension
Declension of aoi
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aíoch (“hospitable”, adj)
- aíocht f (“hospitality”)
- aíochtlann f (“guest house”)
- aoi bainise m (“wedding-guest”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish aí (“poetic inspiration, metrical composition”).
Noun
aoi m (genitive singular aoi)
- (literary, literature) a metrical composition
Declension
Declension of aoi
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3
Noun
aoi
- Only used in ar aoi
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aoi | n-aoi | haoi | t-aoi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aoi" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “oígi (‘stranger, guest’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 aí (‘poetic inspiraton, metrical composition’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.