aonach

English

Etymology

From Irish aonach, from Old Irish óenach, from óen (“one”).

Noun

aonach (plural aonachs)

  1. (historical) An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈeːn̪ˠəx/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːnˠəx/, (older) /ˈɯːnˠəx/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːnˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈɯːnˠa(x)/[3]

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish óenach (“reunion; popular assembly or gathering”), from óen (“one”).[4]

    Noun

    aonach m (genitive singular aonaigh, nominative plural aontaí)

    1. fair
    2. assembly
    Declension
    Declension of aonach (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative aonach aontaí
    vocative a aonaigh a aontaí
    genitive aonaigh aontaí
    dative aonach aontaí
    aontaíbh (archaic)
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an t-aonach na haontaí
    genitive an aonaigh na n-aontaí
    dative leis an aonach
    don aonach     		leis na haontaí
    Derived terms
    • cainteoir aonaigh (“stump orator”)

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish óenach (“injury, wound”).[5]

      Noun

      aonach m (genitive singular aonaigh)

      1. fury, rage
      Declension
      Declension of aonach (first declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative aonach
      vocative a aonaigh
      genitive aonaigh
      dative aonach
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an t-aonach
      genitive an aonaigh
      dative leis an aonach
      don aonach

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of aonach
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      aonach n-aonach haonach t-aonach

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

      References

      1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 23, page 23
      2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 249
      3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86
      4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 oenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 oenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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