iongantach

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Irish

Adjective

iongantach

  1. Superseded spelling of iontach (“wonderful”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of iongantach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iongantach n-iongantach hiongantach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ingantach (“wonderful”), from ingnad (compare modern iongnadh).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

iongantach (comparative iongantaiche)

  1. wonderful, amazing
    Tha i ann am fonn iongantach. ― She's in a wonderful mood.
  2. surprising
    'S iongantach an car a thig an cois a' chogaidh. ― Strange fortunes come in the wake of war.
  3. extraordinary

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingantach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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