profundaĝa

Esperanto

Etymology

From profunda (“deep”) +‎ aĝo (“age”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [profundˈad͡ʒa]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fund‧a‧ĝa

Adjective

profundaĝa (accusative singular profundaĝan, plural profundaĝaj, accusative plural profundaĝajn)

  1. elderly, extremely old
    Synonym: maljunega
    Abraham [...] mortis en bona maljuneco, profundaĝa kaj sata de vivo. L.L. Zamenhof (translator), Old Testament, Genesis 25:8
    Abraham [...] died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years (literally, deeply old and replete with life).
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