aonar

• aoinfhear

From Old Irish oenar m (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer m (“man”).

aonar m (genitive singular aonair)

1. (literary) one, lone, person
2. (with i and possessive pronoun) aloneness, solitariness

   Tá sí ina haonar.

   She is alone.

3. (in genitive) single, solitary

• The meaning "alone" is achieved by combining aonar with the preposition i (“in”) and the possessive determiner for the person (or people) who is alone, as in:

• Rinne mé i m’aonar é. ― I did it alone.
• Tá tú i do chónaí i d’aonar. ― You (singular) are living alone.
• Bhí sé ina aonar. ― He was alone.
• Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
• Chuaimid ansin inár n-aonar. ― We went there alone.
• Bhí sibh ag canadh in bhur n-aonar. ― You (plural) were singing alone.
• Tá siad ag siúl ina n-aonar. ― They are walking alone.

• "aonar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “oenar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “aonar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aonar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Old Irish oenar m (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer m (“man”).

aonar m

1. one

• Only used about persons (cf. numerical noun).
• Usually used together with a prepositional pronoun derived from an (in) to express exclusiveness, loneliness etc:

  rinn i seo na h-aonar - she did this alone/solo/on her own (literally "she did this in her one")

  bha e na aonar - he was alone (literally "he was in his one")

  tha mi a' fuireach nam aonar - I live alone (literally "I am living in my one")

• aon
• aonan

• “oenar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.