aois, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Age. 1. Length of life. Cá h~, cén ~, é? What age is he? Tá sé bliain d’~, he is a year old. Tá sé mór dá ~, ina ~, he is big for his age. Faoin, thar an, ~, under, over, age. *bIn ~ linbh, in infancy. In ~ na hóige, in youth. In ~ fir, mná, of (full) age. In ~ céille, discréide, na tuisceana, at the age of reason, of discretion, of understanding. Tá sé in ~ a phósta; tá ~ a phósta aige, he is of an age to get married. San ~ a bhfuil sé ann, ina bhfuil sé, at his age, time of life. In ~ a mhaitheasa, in his prime. Idir an dá ~, of uncertain age. Tá ~ mhór aige, he is a great age. Tá ~ an phinsin aige, he has reached pensionable age. Tá a ~ anseo, (i) there is a record of his age here, (ii) there is s.o. of his own age here. Ó ~ go bás, all through (adult) life. San ~ leanbaí, leanbaíochta, in dotage, in second childhood. Tá ~ chapall na comharsan, chapall na malairte, chapall na muintire, aige, he is as old as Methuselah. 2. Period of expectation of life. ~ an duine, the (normal) span of human life. Ní fhaca mé é le h~ duine, le h~ gadhair, I haven’t seen him for a lifetime. I ndeireadh, in earr, a ~e, at the end of his days. Roimh a ~, before his time, prematurely. 3. Old age. An ~, old age. Tá an ~ ag teacht air; tá sé ag dul (anonn) in ~, he is getting old. Tá sé ag titim san ~, he is getting old-looking, decrepit. Tá an ~ ag luí air, he is burdened with age. Níl ~ mar sin aige, he is not as old as that. Urraim don ~, respect for old age, for seniority. Thug sé ~ mhaith leis, he lived to a good old age. 4. Period, era. Ó ~ go h~, from age to age. An ~ seo, our era. Nósanna na haoise, the customs of the period. Míle bliain d’~ an Tiarna, 1,000 A.D. An fichiú h~, the twentieth century.