ionad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish inad (“place, spot”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʊn̪ˠəd̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔnˠəd̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌnˠəd̪ˠ/

Noun

ionad m (genitive singular ionaid, nominative plural ionaid)

place
1. 1. recognized or appointed place, position
    1. (mathematics, sports) position
  2. site
  3. mark, trace
  4. particular part (in book)
  5. natural, native, place
  6. space
2. station, rank, post
3. substitution, succession
4. centre; (music) venue
5. area
6. (in ~) in place of, instead of; (literary) in return for

Declension

Declension of ionad

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ionad	ionaid
Vocative	a ionaid	a ionada
Genitive	ionaid	ionad
Dative	ionad	ionaid

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ionad	na hionaid
Genitive	an ionaid	na n-ionad
Dative	leis an ionad don ionad	leis na hionaid

Alternative plurals: ionada, ionadacha

Synonyms

(place, area): áit
(centre): lárionad
(station): stáisiún
(area): láthair

Derived terms

Terms derived from ionad

aerionad m (“airbase”)
bean ionaid (“(female) substitute player”)
cúlionad (“background”)
fear ionaid (“deputy; vicar; (male) substitute player”)
ionadach (“substitute, vicarious; out of the way, inaccessible”, adjective)
ionadaí (“representative, substitute, deputy, locum tenens”)

ionadaigh (“substitute, replace; represent”)
ionadán (“substituent, substitute”)
ionad fostaíochta, jabionad, postionad (“job centre”)
ionadluach (“place value”)
ionad siopadóireachta (“shopping centre”)

ionadú (“replacement, substitution”)
ionadúil (“substitutional”, adjective)
lárionad (“centre”)
meánionad (“middle distance, middle ground”)
ollionad (“complex”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionad	n-ionad	hionad	t-ionad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ionad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“inad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish inad (“place, spot”).

Noun

ionad m (genitive singular ionaid, plural ionadan)

place, spot
1. room, abode, office
2. position
centre (buiding)
(computing) site, website
ionad eadar-lìn ― internet site

Derived terms

Terms derived from ionad

ionadail (“local”, adjective)
ionad-beachd, ionad-seallaidh (“viewpoint”)
ionad-bhùthan (“shopping centre”)
ionad-cleasachd (“gymnasium”)
ionad-còmhnaidh (“residence; habitation”)

ionad-dìon nàdair (“nature reserve”)
ionad-fiosrachaidh (“information centre”)
ionad-gnìomhachais (“industrial estate”)
ionad-obrach (“jobcentre”)

ionad-siubhail (“travel agency”)
ionad-slàinte (“health centre”)
ionad-spòrsa (“sports centre”)
ionad-thaighean (“housing estate”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“inad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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