ionadh
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ingnad,[1] from Proto-Celtic *angnātos (“unknown, obscure”).
Alternative forms
- iongnadh, ionghadh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠə/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈiːnˠə/, /ˈiːn̪ˠə/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈiːnˠuː/, /ˈiːn̪ˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːnˠu/, /ˈiːn̪ˠu/[2]
Noun
ionadh m (genitive singular ionaidh, nominative plural ionaí)
- surprise, wonder
- Synonym: iontas
- Níl ionadh orm.
- I’m not surprised.
- Is ionadh liom.
- I am surprised
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
- Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.
- They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not a surprise.
Declension
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Derived terms
- cuir ionadh ar (“to surprise”)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iongnaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Noun
ionadh
- alternative form of ionad (“place”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ionadh | n-ionadh | hionadh | t-ionadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingnad, ingnáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
