aonán

Irish

Etymology

From aon +‎ -án.

Noun

aonán m (genitive singular aonáin, nominative plural aonáin)

1. (biology) individual
2. entity

Declension

Declension of aonán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aonán aonáin Vocative a aonáin a aonána Genitive aonáin aonán Dative aonán aonáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aonán na haonáin Genitive an aonáin na n-aonán Dative leis an aonán don aonán leis na haonáin

Derived terms

• aonánach (“individual”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “entity”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024