aontas

Irish

Etymology

From aon (“one”) +‎ -as.

Noun

aontas m (genitive singular aontais, nominative plural aontais)

(mathematics, etc.) union
Synonym: cumann
unity
Synonym: aontacht
agreement
Synonym: comh-ardacht

Declension

Declension of aontas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aontas	aontais
Vocative	a aontais	a aontasa
Genitive	aontais	aontas
Dative	aontas	aontais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aontas	na haontais
Genitive	an aontais	na n-aontas
Dative	leis an aontas don aontas	leis na haontais

Derived terms

An tAontas Eorpach (“the European Union”)
Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha m (“the United Arab Emirates”)
comhaontas m (“alliance, concord”)
easaontas m (“disagreement, dissent; discord, disunion”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"aontas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “aontas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “aontas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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