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aonan

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From aon (“one”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aonan m (genitive singular aonain)

  1. one
    Chan eil ach aonan agam. ― I only have one.
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Mutation

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Mutation of aonan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonan n-aonan h-aonan t-aonan

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

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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