iníonas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ingenas, from Old Irish ingen (“daughter”). By surface analysis, iníon (“daughter”) +‎ -as.

Noun

iníonas m (genitive singular iníonais)

1. Synonym of iníonacht (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)

Declension

Declension of iníonas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative iníonas Vocative a iníonas Genitive iníonais Dative iníonas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an iníonas Genitive na hiníonais Dative leis an iníonas don iníonas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iníonas	n-iníonas	hiníonas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iníonacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ingenas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language