aonán

Irish

Etymology

From aon +‎ -án.

Noun

aonán m (genitive singular aonáin, nominative plural aonáin)

  1. (biology) individual
  2. entity

Declension

Declension of aonán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aonán aonáin
vocative a aonáin a aonána
genitive aonáin aonán
dative aonán aonáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aonán na haonáin
genitive an aonáin na n-aonán
dative leis an aonán
don aonán
leis na haonáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonán n-aonán haonán t-aonán

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • entity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025