aonbheannach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óenbennach (“one-horned; unicorn”) equivalent to aon- (“one-, uni-”) + beann (“antler”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

aonbheannach m (genitive singular aonbheannaigh, nominative plural aonbheannaigh)

  1. (literary) unicorn

Declension

Declension of aonbheannach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aonbheannach aonbheannaigh
vocative a aonbheannaigh a aonbheannacha
genitive aonbheannaigh aonbheannach
dative aonbheannach aonbheannaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aonbheannach na haonbheannaigh
genitive an aonbheannaigh na n-aonbheannach
dative leis an aonbheannach
don aonbheannach 		leis na haonbheannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonbheannach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonbheannach n-aonbheannach haonbheannach t-aonbheannach

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

References

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