aonú
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
aonú (abbreviated 1ú)
- first
- an t-aonú fear déag ― the eleventh man
- an t-aonú lá is fiche ― the twenty-first day
Usage notes edit
- Used only with compound numbers ending in 1 (11, 21, etc.). The word for ‘first’ is otherwise céad.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
aonú m (genitive singular aonaithe)
- Alternative form of aontú (“assent, agreement”)
Declension edit
Declension of aonú
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aonú | n-aonú | haonú | t-aonú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN