iontas
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ingantus,[1] from the same root as ingnad (modern ionadh), from in- (negative) + gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iongantas and Manx yindys.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled úntas)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled íontas)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[2] (as if spelled íontas); /ˈeːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɤːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[3][4] (as if spelled adhantas)
Noun edit
iontas m (genitive singular iontais, nominative plural iontais)
- wonder
- Níl iontas orm.
- I’m not surprised.
- Tháinig iontas orm.
- I became surprised.
Declension edit
Declension of iontas
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- cuir iontas ar (“to surprise”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iontas | n-iontas | hiontas | t-iontas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ingantus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 303, page 107
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 452, page 146
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iongantas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 407
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iontas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN