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Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton oun, from Proto-Celtic *oβnus (“fear”) (compare Welsh ofn, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

Pronunciation

Noun

aon m

  1. fear

Irish

Pronunciation

Numeral:

Determiner:

Etymology 1

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin ūnus, Old English ān).

Irish cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : aon
    Ordinal : céad, aonú
    Personal : aonar
    Attributive : (aon)...amháin

Numeral

aon (triggers lenition except of d, s, and t)

  1. one
Usage notes
  • Used independently; cannot be used before nouns without the further modifier amháin (“only”) (with which it is not required), the definite article, or a possessive determiner (when used by itself with nouns, it means "any"; see following section). Unlike 2–10 and 12, aon can be used to refer to people; the personal form aonar is largely confined in the meaning of “one person” to literary usage and is usually used idiomatically to mean “alone” or “single”. When used independently, it is always preceded by the particle a, which mutates it to haon:
  • a haon, a dó, a trí... ― one, two, three...
  • bus a haon ― bus number one
  • a haon a chlog ― one o’clock
But:
  • (aon) lá amháin ― one day
  • aon chrann amháin/crann amháin ― one tree
  • an t-aon duine ― the one person
  • m'aon chara ― my one friend
Derived terms
See also
  • amháin
  • duine (used as a pronoun to refer to human beings)
  • ceann (used as a pronoun to refer to non-humans)
  • céad (ordinal)

Determiner

aon (triggers lenition except of d, s, and t)

  1. any
    aon bhád ― any boat

Noun

aon m (genitive singular aoin, nominative plural aonta)

  1. (card games) ace
Declension
Declension of aon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aon aonta
Vocative a aoin a aonta
Genitive aoin aonta
Dative aon aonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aon na haonta
Genitive an aoin na n-aonta
Dative leis an aon

don aon

leis na haonta

See also
Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
aon dó trí ceathair cúig sé seacht
ocht naoi deich cuireata banríon rí fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

aon m (genitive singular aoin, nominative plural aoin)

  1. (masonry) breast, chimneypiece
  2. (nautical, of boat)) front part of the gunwale
Declension
Declension of aon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aon aoin
Vocative a aoin a aona
Genitive aoin aon
Dative aon aoin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aon na haoin
Genitive an aoin na n-aon
Dative leis an aon

don aon

leis na haoin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aon n-aon haon t-aon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 89, page 49
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 72, page 31
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
  4. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Manx

Noun

aon f (genitive singular , plural )

  1. Alternative form of awin

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: aon
    Standalone: a h-aon
    Ordinal: ciad
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1d
    Personal: aonar
    Multiplier: aon-fhillte, singilte
    Fractional: iomlan

Etymology

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin unus, Old English ān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɯ̃ːn/ (stressed), /ən/ (unstressed)
  • Audio (Lewis)(file)

Numeral

aon (+ lenition except of d, s, and t)

  1. one

Usage notes

  • Lenites the following word if it begins with b, c, f, g, m or p.
  • When standing alone, preceded by a h-:
    Tha aon cheist agam. ― I have one question.
    Tha a h-aon agam cuideachd. ― I have one as well.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Adjective

aon

  1. any
  2. same

Noun

aon m (genitive singular aoin)

  1. (card games) ace

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aon n-aon h-aon t-aon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *awanwi (“it is fog, it is foggy”). Cognate with Munsee awán (“it is fog”), Ojibwe awan (“it is foggy, it is fog”), Mohegan-Pequot awan (“it is foggy, there is fog”).

Verb

aon

  1. (inanimate, intransitive) to be foggy, it is fog
  2. fog, mist

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “aon”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

aon f (plural ann)

  1. harvest
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