amháin

See also: a-mhàin

Irish

**Irish numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: aon Ordinal: céad, aonú Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú Personal: aonar Attributive: amháin

Etymology

From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈvˠɑːnʲ/, [əˈvɑ̃ːi̯nʲ]^[1]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /əˈwɑːnʲ/^[2]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈwãːnʲ/^[3]

Adverb

amháin

one
Synonym: aon

capall amháin ― one horse
only
mise amháin ― only me
the same (after aon + noun)
Tá siad ina gcónaí san aon teach amháin.
They live in the same house

Derived terms

ach amháin
(é) amháin go
fiú amháin
uair amháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of *amháin*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amháin	n-amháin	hamháin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 263, page 93