aonarán

See also: aonaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish oenarán m, a diminutive of oenar m (“a single individual, one alone”); synchronically aonar (“one, lone person”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aonarán m (genitive singular aonaráin, nominative plural aonaráin)

single, solitary person
hermit, loner, recluse

Declension

Declension of aonarán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aonarán	aonaráin
Vocative	a aonaráin	a aonarána
Genitive	aonaráin	aonarán
Dative	aonarán	aonaráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aonarán	na haonaráin
Genitive	an aonaráin	na n-aonarán
Dative	leis an aonarán don aonarán	leis na haonaráin

Synonyms

aonracán

Derived terms

aonaránach (“alone, solitary”, adjective)
aonaránacht f (“solitariness”)

Related terms

aonarach (“single, solitary, lone”, adjective)
aonaracht f (“singularity, solitude”)

Mutation

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

References

“oenarán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Further reading

"aonarán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“hermit” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“loner” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“recluse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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