aonaran

See also: aonarán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish óenarán m, a diminutive of óenar m (“a single individual, one alone”). By surface analysis, aonar (“one”) +‎ -an.

Noun

aonaran m (genitive singular aonarain, plural aonaranan)

1. hermit
2. loner, recluse

Derived terms

• aonaranach
• aonaranachd

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oenarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language