aontíos

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aon- +‎ tíos (“domestic establishment, household, home”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠiəsˠ/[1]

Noun

aontíos m (genitive singular aontís)

  1. cohabitation
    An bhfuil siad in aontíos anois? ― Are they cohabiting now?

Declension

Declension of aontíos (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aontíos
vocative a aontís
genitive aontís
dative aontíos
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aontíos
genitive an aontís
dative leis an aontíos
don aontíos

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aontíos
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aontíos n-aontíos haontíos t-aontíos

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87

Further reading

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