ionúin
Irish
Alternative forms
- ionmhain (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish inmain (“dear, beloved”).
Adjective
ionúin (genitive singular feminine ionúine, plural ionúine, comparative ionúine)
Declension
Declension of ionúin
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ionúin | ionúin | ionúine; ionúine² | |
| Vocative | ionúin | ionúine | ||
| Genitive | ionúine | ionúine | ionúin | |
| Dative | ionúin; ionúin¹ |
ionúin | ionúine; ionúine² | |
| Comparative | níos ionúine | |||
| Superlative | is ionúine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- ionúineach (“loving”, adjective)
- más ionúin an chráin is ionúin an t-ál (“love me, love my dog”)
Related terms
- ionúine f (“dearness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ionúin | n-ionúin | hionúin | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “head-inmain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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