aonú
Irish
Etymology 1
aon + -ú
Adjective
aonú
- first
- an t-aonú fear déag ― the eleventh man
- an t-aonú lá is fiche ― the twenty-first day
Usage notes
- Used only with compound numbers ending in 1 (11, 21, etc.). The word for ‘first’ is otherwise céad.
Etymology 2
aon + -ú
Noun
aonú m (genitive singular aonaithe)
- Alternative form of aontú (“assent, agreement”)
Declension
Declension of aonú
Irregular
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aonú | n-aonú | haonú | t-aonú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aonú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.