aonmhac

Irish

Etymology

From aon- +‎ mac (“son”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aonmhac m (genitive singular aonmhic, nominative plural aonmhic)

  1. only son
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94:
      ḱŕeȷĭm ə n-īsə ḱŕīst ə ēn-wak sn̥.
      [Creidim in Íosa Críost a aonmhac san.]
      I believe in Jesus Christ his only son.

Declension

Declension of aonmhac (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aonmhac aonmhic
vocative a aonmhic a aonmhaca
genitive aonmhic aonmhac
dative aonmhac aonmhic
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aonmhac na haonmhic
genitive an aonmhic na n-aonmhac
dative leis an aonmhac
don aonmhac 		leis na haonmhic

Synonyms

  • mac aonghine
  • aonghin f (“only begotten child”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonmhac
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonmhac n-aonmhac haonmhac t-aonmhac

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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