aon

From Middle Breton oun, from Proto-Celtic *obno- (“fear”) (compare Welsh ofn, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃n/, /ˈãwn/

aon m

1. fear

Numeral:

• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /iːnˠ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/

Determiner:

• IPA^(key): /eːnˠ/

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• Homophone: éan

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin ūnus, Old English ān).

aon (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

1. one

• This form is used independently and cannot be used before nouns without the further modifier amháin (“only”) (with which it is not required), the definite article, or a possessive determiner (when used by itself with nouns, it means "any"; see following section). Unlike 2–10 and 12, aon can be used to refer to people; the personal form aonar is largely confined in the meaning of “one person” to literary usage and is usually used idiomatically to mean “alone” or “single”. When used independently, it is always preceded by the particle a, which mutates it to haon:

• a haon, a dó, a trí...

  one, two, three...

• bus a haon

  bus number one

• a haon a chlog

  one o’clock

But:

• (aon) lá amháin

  one day

• aon chrann amháin/crann amháin

  one tree

• an t-aon duine

  the one person

• m'aon chara

  my one friend

• amháin
• duine (used as a pronoun to refer to human beings)
• ceann (used as a pronoun to refer to non-humans)
• céad (ordinal)

aon (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

1. any

   aon bhád ― any boat

• aen

aon m (genitive singular aoin, nominative plural aoin)

1. (masonry) breast, chimney-piece
2. (nautical, of boat)) front part of gunwale

• "aon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “óen”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
• Entries containing “aon” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aon” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

aon f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. Alternative form of awin

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos (compare Welsh un), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (compare Latin unus, Old English ān).

• IPA^(key): /ɯːn/

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aon

1. one

• Lenites the following word if it begins with b, c, f, g, m or p.
• When standing alone, preceded by a h-:

  Tha aon cheist agam. ― I have one question.

  Tha a h-aon agam cuideachd. ― I have one as well.

• a' chiad (“first”)

aon

1. any
2. same

aon m (genitive singular aoin)

1. (card games) ace

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “óen”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

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aon f (plural ann)

1. harvest