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• aoidhe, aoighe (superseded)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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of aoi

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoi	n-aoi	haoi	t-aoi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013-2025

Japanese

Romanization

aoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of あおい