éineacht
Irish
Alternative forms
- aoinfheacht (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Old Irish oínḟecht (“on one occasion”), from óen (“one”) and fecht (“occasion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʲeːnʲəxt̪ˠ/
Noun
éineacht m (genitive singular éineachta)
- (obsolete) once, one time
Usage notes
In the modern language used only in the phrase in éineacht (“together”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éineacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN