aonán

Irish

Etymology

From aon +‎ -án.

Noun

aonán m (genitive singular aonáin, nominative plural aonáin)

(biology) individual
entity

Declension

Declension of aonán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aonán	aonáin
Vocative	a aonáin	a aonána
Genitive	aonáin	aonán
Dative	aonán	aonáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aonán	na haonáin
Genitive	an aonáin	na n-aonán
Dative	leis an aonán don aonán	leis na haonáin

Derived terms

aonánach (“individual”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonán	n-aonán	haonán	t-aonán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"aonán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“entity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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