iníonacht

iníonacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ingenacht, from ingen (“daughter”); synchronically, iníon (“daughter; girl, maiden; (young) woman”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

iníonacht f (genitive singular iníonachta)

1. daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood

   Synonym: iníonas

Declension

Declension of iníonacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative iníonacht Vocative a iníonacht Genitive iníonachta Dative iníonacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an iníonacht Genitive na hiníonachta Dative leis an iníonacht don iníonacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

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