Aonghas

• Aonghus

From Middle Irish Aengus, Oengus, from Old Irish Oíngus, from oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus, or it may be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”).

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡəsˠ/ (reflecting the anglicized form Angus)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠĩːsˠ/, (older) /n̪ˠɯ̃ːsˠ/^[1]

Aonghas m (genitive Aonghasa)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Angus

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Oengus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Aonġus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 35
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257

• Aonghus (pre-spelling reform)

From Middle Irish Aengus, Oengus, from Old Irish Oíngus, from oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustu-, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯnɯ.əs̪/, /ɯˈnɯ.əs̪/
• (some dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠɯ.əs̪/^[1] (as if spelled Naoghas)

Aonghas m (genitive/vocative Aonghais, diminutive Aonghasan or Angaidh)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Angus, Innes, or Aeneas

• MacAonghais

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Oengus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language