bonnaonad

Irish

Etymology

From bonn (“foundation, base”) +‎ aonad (“unit”).

Noun

bonnaonad m (genitive singular bonnaonaid, nominative plural bonnaonaid)

1. base unit (of an appliance)

   Synonym: aonad urláir

2. base unit (cordless phone)

Declension

Declension of bonnaonad (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bonnaonad bonnaonaid vocative a bhonnaonaid a bhonnaonada genitive bonnaonaid bonnaonad dative bonnaonad bonnaonaid forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bonnaonad na bonnaonaid genitive an bhonnaonaid na mbonnaonad dative leis an mbonnaonad don bhonnaonad leis na bonnaonaid

Mutation

Mutated forms of bonnaonad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bonnaonad	bhonnaonad	mbonnaonad

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

Further reading

• “base+unit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025