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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish ingantach (“wonderful, remarkable, strange; amazed, wonder-struck”), from ingnad (compare modern ionadh).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəx/ (as if spelled úntach)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəx/ (as if spelled aontach or íontach)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈɯːn̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/ (as if spelled aontach); /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/, (older) /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/ (as if spelled adhantach)
Adjective
iontach (genitive singular masculine iontaigh, genitive singular feminine iontaí, plural iontacha, comparative iontaí)
- wonderful (excellent, extremely impressive); surprising, strange
Tá an t-amhrán seo go hiontach.- This song is wonderful.
Usage notes
Takes the adverbial construction go hiontach when used predicatively after a form of bí.
Declension
Related terms
Adverb
iontach
- (Ulster) very, extremely
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| iontach
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n-iontach
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hiontach
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not applicable
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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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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “iontach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “iontach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ingantach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language