aontas

Irish

Etymology

From aon (“one”) +‎ -as.

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aontas	n-aontas	haontas	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) “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