óenach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• oínach

Etymology

From óen (“one”) +‎ ag- (“to celebrate”), literally “celebrating as one”.

Noun

óenach n

1. a gathering to play games, races or contests

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
Vocative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
Accusative	óenachN	óenachN	óenachL, óenacha
Genitive	óenaigL	óenach	óenachN
Dative	óenachL	óenachaib	óenachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: óenach
  • Irish: aonach
  • Scottish Gaelic: aonach (“fair”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
óenach (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óenach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 oenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language