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English
Pronunciation
Noun
cion (plural cions)
- (chiefly botany) Alternative spelling of scion
- 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum : or, A Natural History ; in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶ 421; reprinted in:
- 1838, The works of Lord Bacon : with an introductory essay, and a portrait ; in two volumes, volume 1, page 133 (London : William Ball, Paternoster Row ; stereotyped and printed by John Childs and son)
- 421. Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily ; namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early ; as a peach upon a cherry ; and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late ; as a cherry upon a peach. But these are but imaginations, and untrue. The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite : and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.
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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cin (“love, affection; esteem, respect”).
Noun
cion m (genitive singular ceana)
- love, affection, fondness (+ ar (“for”))
Tá cion agam oraibh.- I am fond of you pl.
- regard, esteem
- effect, influence
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish cin (“share, due portion”).
Noun
cion m (genitive singular cion)
- share, amount
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Etymology 3
From Old Irish cin (“guilt, fault, crime, offence”).
Noun
cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)
- offence, transgression; blame
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cion
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chion
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gcion
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cion”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.
Noun
cion oblique singular, m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)
- child, usually a newborn
Descendants
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From the root of gan (“without”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)
- lack, want, shortage, scarcity
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