inntinn

Old Irish

Noun

inntinn f

1. Alternative form of intinn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
inntinn (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-inntinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish intinn, inntinn (compare Manx inçhyn), from Latin intentiō.

Noun

inntinn f (genitive singular inntinn, plural inntinnean)

1. mind, intelligence
2. will, intention, purpose

Derived terms

• aon-inntinn (“one mind, one accord”)
• àrd-inntinn (“haughtiness, arrogance, pride; high spirit”)
• blàths-inntinn (“enthusiasm”)
• cleith-inntinn (“mental reservation, dissimulation”)
• comh-fhios (“conscience; consciousness”)
• cor-inntinn (“state of mind”)
• dearmad-inntinne (“absence of mind”)
• eòlas-inntinn (“psychology”)
• inntinn-eòlaiche (“metaphysician”)
• inntinn-eòlas (“metaphysics”)
• leigheas-inntinn (“psychiatry”)
• mór-inntinn (“great or noble mind”)
• neo-thoileachas-inntinn (“dissatisfaction, discontent”)
• obair-inntinn (“theory”)
• riarachd-inntinn (“contentment”)
• seachamh-inntinn (“gratification, satisfaction”)
• taisg-inntinn (“reservedness; equivocation, mental reservation”)
• toil-inntinn (“satisfaction, gratification, contentment, inward pleasure, mental enjoyment”)
• toileachas-inntinn (“comfort, mental pleasure, satisfaction, peace of mind, contentment”)
• truime-inntinn (“dejection, melancholy”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “inntinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “in(n)tinn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language