óenach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• oínach

Etymology

From óen (“one”) +‎ ag- (“to celebrate”), literally “celebrating as one”.

Noun

óenach n

1. a gathering to play games, races or contests

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
vocative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
accusative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
genitive	óenaigL	óenach	óenachN
dative	óenachL	óenachaib	óenachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: óenach
  • Irish: aonach
  • Scottish Gaelic: aonach (“fair”)

Mutation

Mutation of óenach

radical	lenition	nasalization
óenach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óenach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 oenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language