inghean
Irish edit
Noun edit
inghean f (genitive singular inghine, nominative plural ingheanacha)
Declension edit
Declension of inghean
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative nominative plural: ingheana
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
inghean | n-inghean | hinghean | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “inghean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 398
Scottish Gaelic edit
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”)). Ulster Irish níon and modern Scottish Gaelic nighean stem from the same Old Irish source, being metathesised descendants of Old Irish ingen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inghean f (genitive singular ìghne, plural ingheanan or ìghnean)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “inghean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ingen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language