iníon
See also: inion
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish ingen (“daughter, girl, maiden, virgin”), from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *eni-genā, from Proto-Indo-European (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
iníon f (genitive singular iníne, nominative plural iníonacha)
Declension
Declension of iníon
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Coordinate terms
- mac (“son”)
Derived terms
Terms derived from iníon
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iníon | n-iníon | hiníon | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "iníon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 ingen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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