ionnas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish indas (“status”), from Proto-Celtic *ind-astu-, from *ad-sta, from the root *sta.[1] Compare Latin status.
Noun
ionnas m (genitive singular ionnais, nominative plural ionnais)
- (archaic) state, condition, habit
- (archaic) status
- (archaic) equality
Declension
Declension of ionnas
First declension
Bare forms:
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Synonyms
- céim
- ionad
- ionannas
- stádas
- stáid
Derived terms
- conas
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ionnas | n-ionnas | hionnas | t-ionnas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “ionnas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page ionnas