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Irish
Etymology 1
aon + -ú
Adjective
aonú (abbreviated 1ú)
- first
- an t-aonú fear déag ― the eleventh man
- an t-aonú lá is fiche ― the twenty-first day
Usage notes
- Used only with compound numbers ending in 1 (11, 21, etc.). The word for ‘first’ is otherwise céad.
Etymology 2
aon + -ú
Noun
aonú m (genitive singular aonaithe)
- Alternative form of aontú (“assent, agreement”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aonú
|
n-aonú
|
haonú
|
t-aonú
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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