iníon

See also: inion

Irish

Alternative forms

inghean (superseded)
inín (Connacht)
níon (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish ingen (“daughter, girl, maiden, virgin”), from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnʲiːnˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnʲiːnʲ/ (also spelled inín)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiənˠ/ (also spelled níon)

Noun

iníon f (genitive singular iníne, nominative plural iníonacha)

daughter
girl, maiden; (young) woman
Miss

Declension

Declension of iníon

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iníon	iníonacha
Vocative	a iníon	a iníonacha
Genitive	iníne	iníonacha
Dative	iníon inín (archaic, dialectal)	iníonacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an iníon	na hiníonacha
Genitive	na hiníne	na n-iníonacha
Dative	leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal)	leis na hiníonacha

Coordinate terms

mac (“son”)

Derived terms

gariníon f (“granddaughter; adopted daughter, niece”)
iníonacht f, iníonas m (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
iníon in aontumha f (“unmarried daughter; girl of marriageable age”)
iníonra f (“girls; group of girls”)
iníon rí f (“princess”)
iníonúil (“daughterly”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.