aontas

Irish

Etymology

From aon (“one”) +‎ -tas.

Noun

aontas m (genitive singular aontais, nominative plural aontais)

1. (mathematics, etc.) union

   Synonym: cumann

2. unity

   Synonym: aontacht

3. agreement

   Synonym: comh-ardacht

Declension

Declension of aontas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aontas aontais vocative a aontais a aontasa genitive aontais aontas dative aontas aontais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aontas na haontais genitive an aontais na n-aontas dative leis an aontas don aontas leis na haontais

Derived terms

• An tAontas Eorpach (“the European Union”)
• Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha m (“the United Arab Emirates”)
• comhaontas m (“alliance, concord”)
• easaontas m (“disagreement, dissent; discord, disunion”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aontas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aontas	n-aontas	haontas	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aontas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aontas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024