aonar

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Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: aon
    Ordinal: céad, aonú
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú
    Personal: aonar
    Attributive: amháin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish óenar m (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer m (“man”).

Noun

aonar m (genitive singular aonair)

  1. (literary) one, lone, person
  2. (with i and possessive pronoun) aloneness, solitariness
    Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
  3. (in genitive) single, solitary

Usage notes

  • The meaning "alone" is achieved by combining aonar with the preposition i (“in”) and the possessive determiner for the person (or people) who is alone, as in:
  • Rinne mé i m’aonar é. ― I did it alone.
  • Tá tú i do chónaí i d’aonar. ― You (singular) are living alone.
  • Bhí sé ina aonar. ― He was alone.
  • Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
  • Chuamar ansin inár n-aonar. ― We went there alone.
  • Bhí sibh ag canadh in bhur n-aonar. ― You (plural) were singing alone.
  • Tá siad ag siúl ina n-aonar. ― They are walking alone.

Declension

Declension of aonar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aonar
vocative a aonair
genitive aonair
dative aonar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aonar
genitive an aonair
dative leis an aonar
don aonar

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonar n-aonar haonar t-aonar

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

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

Etymology

From Old Irish oenar (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aonar m (genitive singular aonair)

  1. one

Usage notes

  • Only used about persons (cf. numerical noun).
  • Usually used together with a prepositional pronoun derived from an (in) to express exclusiveness, loneliness etc:
    rinn i seo na h-aonar. ― She did this alone/solo/on her own. (literally, “She did this in her one.”)
    Bha e na aonar. ― He was alone. (literally, “He was in his one.”)
    Tha mi a' fuireach nam aonar. ― I live alone. (literally, “I am living in my one.”)

Mutation

Mutation of aonar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonar n-aonar h-aonar t-aonar

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aonar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oenar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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