araon

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aráen, from Old Irish ar óen (fri) (“together, at the same time (with)”, literally “as one (with)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠeːnˠ/

Adverb

araon

1. both (after a pronoun or noun governed by a possessive determiner)

   sinn araon ― both of us

   bhur dteach araon ― you two’s house; the house of you both

2. together

Derived terms

• araon le (“together with”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “araon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language