i ndán

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Irish

Etymology

Literally “in fate”. The homophony with in ann (“able”) in some accents has led some authors to believe the two are the same form, e.g. Sjoestedt-Jonval who gives táim i ndán as the orthography of “I can”.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

i ndán (predicative only)

  1. in store (as fate)
    Bhí an bás i ndán dó.
    Death was in store for him; he was fated to die.
    má tá sé i ndán daoibh casadh ― if you are fated to return
    Cá bhfios nach dá chlaíomh féin atá i ndán a mharú.
    Who knows but that it is his own sword that is destined to kill him.
    má tá i ndán go… ― if it turns out that…
  2. to happen (as the predicate of is in hypotheticals)
    dá mba i ndán go… ― if it should happen that…
    mura i ndán is nach bhfeicfinn arís é ― in case I shouldn't see him again

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16

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