aon

See also: Äon

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton oun, from Proto-Celtic *oβnus (“fear”) (compare Welsh ofn, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃n/, /ˈãwn/

Noun

aon m

1. fear

Irish

Pronunciation

Numeral:

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /eːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /iːnˠ/, /iːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /iːnˠ/, /iːn̪ˠ/, (older) /ɯːnˠ/

Determiner:

• IPA^(key): /eːn̪ˠ/, /eːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/, /eːn̪ˠ/, (older) /ɤːnˠ/
• Homophone: éan

Etymology 1

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin ūnus, Old English ān).

Irish cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : aon     Ordinal : céad, aonú     Personal : aonar     Attributive : (aon)...amháin

Numeral

aon (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

1. one

Usage notes

• Used independently; cannot be used before nouns without the further modifier amháin (“only”) (with which it is not required), the definite article, or a possessive determiner (when used by itself with nouns, it means "any"; see following section). Unlike 2–10 and 12, aon can be used to refer to people; the personal form aonar is largely confined in the meaning of “one person” to literary usage and is usually used idiomatically to mean “alone” or “single”. When used independently, it is always preceded by the particle a, which mutates it to haon:

• a haon, a dó, a trí...

  one, two, three...

• bus a haon

  bus number one

• a haon a chlog

  one o’clock

But:

• (aon) lá amháin

  one day

• aon chrann amháin/crann amháin

  one tree

• an t-aon duine

  the one person

• m'aon chara

  my one friend

Derived terms

• aon déag
• aonar
• aonú (ordinal)

 

See also

• amháin
• duine (used as a pronoun to refer to human beings)
• ceann (used as a pronoun to refer to non-humans)
• céad (ordinal)

Determiner

aon (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

1. any

   aon bhád ― any boat

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• aen

Noun

aon m (genitive singular aoin, nominative plural aoin)

1. (masonry) breast, chimney-piece
2. (nautical, of boat)) front part of gunwale

Declension

Declension of aon

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aon aoin Vocative a aoin a aona Genitive aoin aon Dative aon aoin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aon na haoin Genitive an aoin na n-aon Dative leis an aon don aon leis na haoin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aon	n-aon	haon	t-aon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “aon” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aon” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Noun

aon f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. Alternative form of awin

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: aon     Standalone: a h-aon     Ordinal: ciad     Ordinal abbreviation: 1d     Personal: aonar     Multiplier: aon-fhillte, singilte     Fractional: iomlan

Etymology

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin unus, Old English ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯ̃ːn/ (stressed), /ən/ (unstressed)

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Numeral

aon

1. one

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word if it begins with b, c, f, g, m or p.
• When standing alone, preceded by a h-:

  Tha aon cheist agam. ― I have one question.

  Tha a h-aon agam cuideachd. ― I have one as well.

Derived terms

• a dh'aon ghnothach (“deliberately”)
• aon chuid (“either”, conj)
• aonaich (“unite; combine, merge”, verb)
• aonaichte (“united”, adj)
• aonan m (“one item”)
• leth-aon m (“twin”)

 

Related terms

• aon-bhriathrach (“one-word”, adj)
• aon-ghuthach (“unanimous; symphonious, concordant; unison; monotonous”, adj)
• aon-mhargadh m (“monopoly”)
• aonaranach (“lonely”, adj)
• aonaranachd f (“loneliness”)
• aonar m (“one (person)”)
• aontaich (“agree, assent”, verb)

 

See also

• a' chiad (“first”)

Adjective

aon

1. any
2. same

Noun

aon m (genitive singular aoin)

1. (card games) ace

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aon	n-aon	h-aon	t-aon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “aon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *awanwi (“it is fog, it is foggy”). Cognate with Munsee awán (“it is fog”), Ojibwe awan (“it is foggy, it is fog”), Mohegan-Pequot awan (“it is foggy, there is fog”).

Verb

aon

1. (inanimate, intransitive) to be foggy, it is fog
2. fog, mist

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “aon”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

aon f (plural ann)

1. harvest