amháin

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See also: a-mhàin

Irish

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    Cardinal: aon
    Ordinal: céad, aonú
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú
    Personal: aonar
    Attributive: amháin

Etymology

From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.

Pronunciation

Adverb

amháin

  1. one
    Synonym: aon
    capall amháin ― one horse
  2. only
    mise amháin ― only me
  3. the same (after aon + noun)
    Tá siad ina gcónaí san aon teach amháin.
    They live in the same house

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of amháin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amháin n-amháin hamháin not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

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