aonghin

Irish

Alternative forms

• éinghein

Etymology

From aon- +‎ gin (“offspring, child, person”).

Noun

aonghin f (genitive singular aonghine)

1. only begotten child

Declension

Declension of aonghin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aonghin Vocative a aonghin Genitive aonghine Dative aonghin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aonghin Genitive na haonghine Dative leis an aonghin don aonghin

Related terms

• aonmhac m (“only son”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonghin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN