gan on

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish on (“blemish, disfigurement”), a term that is otherwise obsolete.

Prepositional phrase

gan on

  1. faultless, unblemished

Further reading

  • "on" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 on” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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