Aonghas

Irish

Alternative forms

• Aonghus

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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 *gustus, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːŋɣəsˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡəsˠ/ (reflecting the anglicized form Angus)

Proper noun

Aonghas m (genitive Aonghasa)

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aonghas	nAonghas	hAonghas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Oengus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Aonghus

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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”).

Proper noun

Aonghas m

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Oengus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language