araon

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aráen, from Old Irish ar óen (fri) (“together, at the same time (with)”, literally “as one (with)”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠeːnˠ/, /əˈɾˠeːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɾˠeːnˠ/, /ɛˈɾˠeːn̪ˠ/; (older) /ɛˈɾˠɤːnˠ/,[1] /əˈɾˠɯːn/[2]

Adverb

araon

both (after a pronoun or noun governed by a possessive determiner)
sinn araon ― both of us

bhur dteach araon ― you two’s house; the house of you both
together

Derived terms

araon le (“together with”)

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “araon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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