ionadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• iongnadh, ionghadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ingnad, from Proto-Celtic *angnātos (“unknown, obscure”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnˠə/, /ˈiːn̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnˠuː/, /ˈiːn̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnˠu/, /ˈiːn̪ˠu/

Noun

ionadh m (genitive singular ionaidh, nominative plural ionaí)

1. surprise, wonder

   Synonym: iontas

   Níl ionadh orm.

   I’m not surprised.

   Is ionadh liom.

   I am surprised

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:

     Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.

     They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not a surprise.

Declension

Declension of ionadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ionadh ionaí Vocative a ionaidh a ionaí Genitive ionaidh ionaí Dative ionadh ionaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ionadh na hionaí Genitive an ionaidh na n-ionaí Dative leis an ionadh don ionadh leis na hionaí

Derived terms

• cuir ionadh ar (“to surprise”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iongnaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN