inneen
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Etymology edit
From Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”) (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inneen f (genitive singular inneen, plural inneenyn)
- daughter
- Eshyn ta geddyn drogh chleuin t'eh coayl inneen. ― He who gets a bad son-in-law loses a daughter.
- Hymnee eh e argid er e 'nneen. ― He left his money to his daughter.
- Ta 'neen echey jeh'n eash ayd. ― He has a daughter your age.
- Ta 'nneen echey uneashagh rhyt. ― He has a daughter your age.
- Ta troor dy 'neenyn eck dy chur ayns poosey. ― She has three daughters to marry off.
- T'eh son cur Moirrey er e 'neen. ― He is going to call his daughter Mary.
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language