aonarán

See also: aonaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish oenarán m, a diminutive of oenar m (“a single individual, one alone”); synchronically aonar (“one, lone person”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aonarán m (genitive singular aonaráin, nominative plural aonaráin)

1. single, solitary person
2. hermit, loner, recluse

Declension

Declension of aonarán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aonarán aonaráin Vocative a aonaráin a aonarána Genitive aonaráin aonarán Dative aonarán aonaráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aonarán na haonaráin Genitive an aonaráin na n-aonarán Dative leis an aonarán don aonarán leis na haonaráin

Synonyms

• aonracán

Derived terms

• aonaránach (“alone, solitary”, adjective)
• aonaránacht f (“solitariness”)

Related terms

• aonarach (“single, solitary, lone”, adjective)
• aonaracht f (“singularity, solitude”)

Mutation

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

References

• “oenarán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

• "aonarán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “hermit” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “loner” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “recluse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.