aonbheannach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óenbennach (“one-horned; unicorn”) equivalent to aon- (“one-, uni-”) + beann (“antler”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːnˠ.ˈvʲa.nˠəx/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːnˠ.vʲə.ˈnˠax/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnˠ.ˈvʲa.nˠah/

Noun

aonbheannach m (genitive singular aonbheannaigh, nominative plural aonbheannaigh)

1. (literary) unicorn

Declension

Declension of aonbheannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aonbheannach aonbheannaigh Vocative a aonbheannaigh a aonbheannacha Genitive aonbheannaigh aonbheannach Dative aonbheannach aonbheannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aonbheannach na haonbheannaigh Genitive an aonbheannaigh na n-aonbheannach Dative leis an aonbheannach don aonbheannach leis na haonbheannaigh

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonbheannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language