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 case singular plural nominative aonán aonáin vocative a aonáin a aonána genitive aonáin aonán dative aonán aonáin forms with the definite article case 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

• aonánach (“individual”, adjective)

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, 2013–2024