aonach
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English
Etymology
From Irish aonach, from Old Irish óenach, from óen (“one”).
Noun
aonach (plural aonachs)
- (historical) An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.
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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish óenach (“reunion; popular assembly or gathering”), from óen (“one”).
Noun
aonach m (genitive singular aonaigh, nominative plural aontaí)
Declension
Declension of aonach
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish óenach (“injury, wound”).
Noun
aonach m (genitive singular aonaigh)
Declension
Declension of aonach
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aonach | n-aonach | haonach | t-aonach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aonaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 34
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 oenach (‘reunion, assembly’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 oenach (‘injury, wound’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 86