óen

See also: oen, ōen, øen, ön, -ön, and ön-

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish óen, from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Numeral

Middle Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : óen     Ordinal : cét-

óen

1. one

Descendants

• Irish: aon
• Manx: un
• Scottish Gaelic: aon

Determiner

óen

1. the same
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

     At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

Mutation

Mutation of óen

radical	lenition	nasalization
óen	unchanged	n-óen

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

Further reading

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• oín

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːi̯n/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : óen     Ordinal : cétnae     Male personal : óenar

óen

1. one

Usage notes

When used to count objects, this numeral precedes the noun, whose word-initial consonant undergoes lenition.

• óen ḟer ― one man
• óen ṡúil ― one eye

Determiner

óen

1. the same
2. single (especially after cech (“every”))
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53^c3

     cech oín gessid .i. giges Día

     every single supplicant i.e. who will pray to God

Derived terms

• nach oín
• óenach
• óenar
• óentach
• óentu
• oínḟer

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: óen
  • Irish: aon
  • Manx: un
  • Scottish Gaelic: aon

Mutation

Mutation of óen

radical	lenition	nasalization
óen (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-óen

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

Further reading

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