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)

hermit
loner, recluse

Derived terms

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oenarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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