aonarán

See also: aonaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óenarán m, a diminutive of óenar m (“a single individual, one alone”). By surface analysis, aonar (“one, lone person”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aonarán m (genitive singular aonaráin, nominative plural aonaráin)

  1. single, solitary person
  2. hermit, loner, recluse

Declension

Declension of aonarán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aonarán aonaráin
vocative a aonaráin a aonarána
genitive aonaráin aonarán
dative aonarán aonaráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aonarán na haonaráin
genitive an aonaráin na n-aonarán
dative leis an aonarán
don aonarán 		leis na haonaráin

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • aonarach (“single, solitary, lone”, adjective)
  • aonaracht f (“singularity, solitude”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonarán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aonarán n-aonarán haonarán t-aonarán

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

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonarán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “hermit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “loner”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “recluse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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