# aonar
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* aoinfhear

### Etymology

From Old Irish óenar m (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer m (“man”).

### Noun

aonar m (genitive singular aonair)
* (literary) one, lone, person
* (with i and possessive pronoun) aloneness, solitariness
    Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
* (in genitive) single, solitary

#### Usage notes

* The meaning "alone" is achieved by combining aonar with the preposition i (“in”) and the possessive determiner for the person (or people) who is alone, as in:
   * Rinne mé i m’aonar é. ― I did it alone.
   * Tá tú i do chónaí i d’aonar. ― You (singular) are living alone.
   * Bhí sé ina aonar. ― He was alone.
   * Tá sí ina haonar. ― She is alone.
   * Chuamar ansin inár n-aonar. ― We went there alone.
   * Bhí sibh ag canadh in bhur n-aonar. ― You (plural) were singing alone.
   * Tá siad ag siúl ina n-aonar. ― They are walking alone.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
aonar
vocative
a aonair
genitive
aonair
dative
aonar
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-aonar
genitive
an aonair
dative
leis an aonar don aonar :

#### Derived terms

* aonarach
* aonaracht
* aonarán
* braighdeanas aonair m (“solitary confinement”)
* ceoltóir aonair m (“soloist”)
* comhrac aonair m (“duel”)

#### Related terms

* amháin (“alone, only, one”)
* aon (“one”)

### Mutation

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) “aonar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oenar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “aonar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish oenar (“a single individual, one alone”), a compound of óen (“one”) + fer (“man”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɯ̃ːnəɾ/
* (some dialects) IPA: /ˈɔ̃ːnəɾ/ (as if spelled ònar)

### Noun

aonar m (genitive singular aonair)
* one

#### Usage notes

* Only used about persons (cf. numerical noun).
* Usually used together with a prepositional pronoun derived from an (in) to express exclusiveness, loneliness etc:
    rinn i seo na h-aonar. ― She did this alone/solo/on her own. (literally, “She did this in her one.”)
    Bha e na aonar. ― He was alone. (literally, “He was in his one.”)
    Tha mi a' fuireach nam aonar. ― I live alone. (literally, “I am living in my one.”)

#### Related terms

* aon
* aonan

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “aonar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oenar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language