iontas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (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

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iontas m (genitive singular iontais, nominative plural iontais)

  1. wonder
    Níl iontas orm.
    I’m not surprised.
    Tháinig iontas orm.
    I became surprised.

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingantus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 303, page 107
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 452, page 146

Further reading

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