aonghin

Irish

Alternative forms

• éinghein

Etymology

From aon- +‎ gin (“offspring, child, person”).

Noun

aonghin f (genitive singular aonghine)

1. only begotten child

Declension

Declension of aonghin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative aonghin vocative a aonghin genitive aonghine dative aonghin forms with the definite article singular nominative an aonghin genitive na haonghine dative leis an aonghin don aonghin

Related terms

• aonmhac m (“only son”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonghin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonghin	n-aonghin	haonghin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aonghin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN