íota

See also: iota, Iota, IOTA, ióta, and ìota

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ítu. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ìota.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiət̪ˠə/

Noun

íota f (genitive singular íota)

1. great, devouring thirst

   Synonym: tart

   íota tarta ― parching, burning thirst

   spalladh íota ― parching, burning thirst

2. ardent desire

Declension

Declension of íota

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative íota Vocative a íota Genitive íota Dative íota

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an íota Genitive na híota Dative leis an íota don íota

Derived terms

• íotach
• íotacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “íota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ít(t)u”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “íota”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 409
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70