aoi

See also: AOI, and Aoi

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Homophones: í, Í, íoth (Cois Fharraige), ithe (Cois Fharraige), oíche, uí, Uí

Etymology 1

From Old Irish oígi.

Noun

aoi m (genitive singular aoi, nominative plural aíonna)

1. guest, lodger
2. knowledgeable person

Declension

Declension of aoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoi aíonna Vocative a aoi a aíonna Genitive aoi aíonna Dative aoi aíonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aoi na haíonna Genitive an aoi na n-aíonna Dative leis an aoi don aoi leis na haíonna

Alternative forms

• aoidhe, aoighe (superseded)

Derived terms

• aíoch (“hospitable”, adjective)
• aíochtlann f (“guest house”)
• aíocht f (“hospitality”)
• aoi bainise m (“wedding-guest”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aí (“poetic inspiration, metrical composition”).

Noun

aoi m (genitive singular aoi)

1. (literary, literature) a metrical composition

Declension

Declension of aoi

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-aoi Genitive an aoi Dative leis an aoi don aoi

Etymology 3

Noun

aoi

1. 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oígi (‘stranger, guest’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aí (‘poetic inspiraton, metrical composition’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aoi”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aoi”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Japanese

Romanization

aoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of あおい