iníon

See also: inion

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ingen (“daughter”),^[1] from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Cork, Kerry) /ɪˈnʲiːn̪ˠ/^[2]^[3]; (Waterford) /nʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)^[4]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈinʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form inín)^[5]^[6]^[7]; (Achill) /nʲiːnˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon)^[8]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːn̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon)^[9]; /n̠ʲiənˠ/, /n̠ʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)^[10]

Noun

iníon f (genitive singular iníne, nominative plural iníonacha or iníona)

daughter
(capitalized) Miss

Declension

Standard declension with strong plural:

Declension of iníon (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	iníon	iníonacha
vocative	a iníon	a iníonacha
genitive	iníne	iníonacha
dative	iníon inín (archaic, dialectal)	iníonacha

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an iníon	na hiníonacha
genitive	na hiníne	na n-iníonacha
dative	leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal)	leis na hiníonacha

Alternative declension with weak plural:

Declension of iníon (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	iníon	iníona
vocative	a iníon	a iníona
genitive	iníne	iníon
dative	iníon inín (archaic, dialectal)	iníona

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an iníon	na hiníona
genitive	na hiníne	na n-iníon
dative	leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal)	leis na hiníona

Coordinate terms

mac (“son”)

Derived terms

gariníon f (“granddaughter; adopted daughter, niece”)
iníon in aontumha f (“unmarried daughter”)
iníon rí f (“princess”)
iníonacht f (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
iníonas m (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
iníonra f (“girls; group of girls”)
iníonúil (“daughterly”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *iníon*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iníon	n-iníon	hiníon	not applicable

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), “1 ingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 197, page 57; reprinted 1988
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 87, page 19
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 143
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , page 349
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 25, page 10
^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1043, page 155
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 283
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 122, page 47