aonú

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Irish

Etymology 1

Irish numbers (edit)
10
1 2  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: aon
    Ordinal: céad, aonú
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú
    Personal: aonar
    Attributive: amháin

aon +‎ -ú

Adjective

aonú (abbreviated 1ú)

  1. 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)

  1. Alternative form of aontú (“assent, agreement”)
Declension
Declension of aonú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aonú
vocative a aonú
genitive aonaithe
dative aonú
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-aonú
genitive an aonaithe
dative leis an aonú
don aonú

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonú n-aonú haonú t-aonú

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

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