aoinfhear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish oínḟer. By surface analysis, aon +‎ fear.

Noun

aoinfhear m (genitive singular aoinfhir)

1. Alternative form of aonar

Declension

Declension of aoinfhear (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aoinfhear vocative a aoinfhir genitive aoinfhir dative aoinfhear forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-aoinfhear genitive an aoinfhir dative leis an aoinfhear don aoinfhear

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoinfhear

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoinfhear	n-aoinfhear	haoinfhear	t-aoinfhear

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) “aoinfhear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN