gan on
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish on (“blemish, disfigurement”), a term that is otherwise obsolete.
Prepositional phrase
gan on
- faultless, unblemished
Further reading
- "on" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 on”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN