aontumha

Irish

Alternative forms

• aondumha

Etymology

From Old Irish oentama, oentuma f (“unmarried state, celibacy”), from oentama (“unmarried, celibate”, adj), from oentam, oíntam, óentaim m (“unmarried man”), from óen (modern aon).

Noun

aontumha f (genitive singular aontumha)

1. celibacy

Declension

Declension of aontumha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aontumha vocative a aontumha genitive aontumha dative aontumha forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aontumha genitive na haontumha dative leis an aontumha don aontumha

Derived terms

• aontumhach (“celibate”, adjective)
• aontumhach m (“celibate person”)
• iníon in aontumha f (“unmarried daughter; girl of marriageable age”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aontumha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aontumha	n-aontumha	haontumha	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aontumha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 oentama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language