Oíngus

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From oín (“one”), from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“single, one”). The etymology of the second element is disputed; most likely it is gus (“strength, vigour”), from Proto-Celtic *gustus, or it may be from Proto-Celtic *gus- (“choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

The name also appears in early Welsh (as Old Welsh Ungust and Middle Welsh Unwst), allowing Proto-Celtic *Oinogustus to be reconstructed.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oíngus m (genitive Oíngusa)

  1. (Irish mythology) The Gaelic god of love, youth, and poetic inspiration, son of the Dagdae and Boann of the Túatha Dé Danann.
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Angus

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Oíngus — —
Vocative Oíngus — —
Accusative OíngusN — —
Genitive OíngusoH, OíngusaH — —
Dative OíngusL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Oíngus
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged nOíngus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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