amháin

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‘alone’, ‘merely’, ‘solely’ 8.7, 23.3, 23.19, 25.10, 46.5, 51.21; én uair amhain “once” 32.1; maille lé gach oibrighthe … atá amhain ’na n-oibrightibh ghabhthar … a bhfiadhnuisi Dé “… are workes only acceptable in Godes sight” 52.1-7; in phrases,  ní hé amhain… achd … “not only … but” 5.6-8, 49.2-10, 54.10; ní hé sin amháin achd … id. 22.11; ní amhain … achd… id. 42.11; ní har ar son fén amhaín … achd … 24.13-16; ní chuirim romham achd amháin … 10.14-15

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

only, solely, alone, 742, 748, 750, 753, 1548, 1663, 3451, etc. merely, 35. a. as a árdmhaith, in His goodness alone, 2990 (amháin here has no equivalent in Sp., ‘ como yo lo espero de su bondad ’). an tóradh bhlaismíd a., the fruit which we merely taste, 6667. 7 ni hé sin a. acht, nay rather, nay more, what is more, 1553, 2000, 2161, 2214 (‘ antes ’), 4806, 6433, -62, 6807. Sim. 7 ní hé só a. acht, 203, 1605, 2702 ; 7 ní hé a. acht, 1234, 5650, 6474, 6758 (‘antes’) ; 7 ní headh a. acht, 90 (‘ antes ’). énóbair amháin, a single work, one and the same work, p. 15 n., 856. énuair a., once, 5552. énchrann a., a single tree, 495 ; sim. 1295, 2368 (spd. abháin), 5o76, 5727.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

only, alone, merely, 206, 1980, 5067, 5101, 5204, 6658, -án, 140.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

alone, merely, only, 92, 2090, 4886, 9187; aon-uair a., ‘once,’ 2; aoin-chléireach a., ‘a single cleric,’ 3080-1

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.