éineacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aoinfheacht (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish oínḟecht (“on one occasion”), from óen (“one”) and fecht (“occasion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʲeːnʲəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

éineacht m (genitive singular éineachta)

1. (obsolete) once, one time

Usage notes

In the modern language used only in the phrase in éineacht (“together”).

Derived terms

• in éineacht

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éineacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN