aonan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From aon (“one”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɯnan/[1][2]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɤ̃nan/, [ˈʌ̃nən], [ˈʌ̃nn̥][3]

Noun

aonan m (genitive singular aonain)

  1. one
    Chan eil ach aonan agam. ― I only have one.

Mutation

Mutation of aonan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonan n-aonan h-aonan t-aonan

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 83
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