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Aonghas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish Aengus, Oengus, from Old Irish Oíngus,[1] from oín (one), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (single, one). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (strength, vigour), from Proto-Celtic *gustus, or it may be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (choose).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aonghas m (genitive Aonghasa)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Angus

Mutation

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Mutated forms of Aonghas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Aonghas nAonghas hAonghas 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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Oengus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 47

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish Aengus, Oengus, from Old Irish Oíngus, from oín (one), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (single, one). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (strength, vigour), from Proto-Celtic *gustu-, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (choose), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (to choose).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aonghas m (genitive/vocative Aonghais, diminutive Aonghasan or Angaidh)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Angus, Innes, or Aeneas

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Grannd, Seumas (2013), Gàidhlig Dhùthaich Mhic Aoidh: The Gaelic of the Mackay Country: dialect and vocabulary, Melness: Taigh na Gàidhlig Mhealanais, →ISBN

Further reading

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