From Old Irish inmain (“dear, beloved”).
ionúin (genitive singular feminine ionúine, plural ionúine, comparative ionúine)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ionúin | ionúin | ionúine; ionúine² | |
Vocative | ionúin | ionúine | ||
Genitive | ionúine | ionúine | ionúin | |
Dative | ionúin; ionúin¹ |
ionúin | ionúine; ionúine² | |
Comparative | níos ionúine | |||
Superlative | is ionúine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ionúin | n-ionúin | hionúin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |