aonsiollach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-”) +‎ siolla (“syllable”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aonsiollach (genitive singular masculine aonsiollaigh, genitive singular feminine aonsiollaí, plural aonsiollacha, not comparable)

1. monosyllabic

   Antonym: ilsiollach

Declension

Declension of aonsiollach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aonsiollach	aonsiollach	aonsiollacha
Vocative	aonsiollaigh		aonsiollacha
Genitive		aonsiollaí	aonsiollacha	aonsiollach
Dative	aonsiollach	aonsiollach; aonsiollaigh (archaic)	aonsiollacha
Comparative	níos aonsiollaí
Superlative	is aonsiollaí

Noun

aonsiollach m (genitive singular aonsiollaigh, nominative plural aonsiollaigh)

1. monosyllable

Declension

Declension of aonsiollach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aonsiollach aonsiollaigh Vocative a aonsiollaigh a aonsiollacha Genitive aonsiollaigh aonsiollach Dative aonsiollach aonsiollaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aonsiollach na haonsiollaigh Genitive an aonsiollaigh na n-aonsiollach Dative leis an aonsiollach don aonsiollach leis na haonsiollaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonsiollach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonsiollach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aonsiollach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024