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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish oentama, oentuma f (“unmarried state, celibacy”), from oentama (“unmarried, celibate”, adj), from oentam, oíntam, óentaim m (“unmarried man”), from óen (modern aon).
Noun
aontumha f (genitive singular aontumha)
- celibacy
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aontumha
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n-aontumha
|
haontumha
|
not applicable
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aontumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 oentama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language