iníonas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ingenas, from ingen (“daughter”); synchronically, iníon (“daughter; girl, maiden; (young) woman”) + -as.
Noun
iníonas m (genitive singular iníonais)
- Synonym of iníonacht (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
Declension
Declension of iníonas
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iníonas | n-iníonas | hiníonas | 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.
- “ingenas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.