ionga

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish inga (compare Manx ingin), from Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā (compare Welsh ewin, Breton ivin), from *h₃ngʷʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-, *h₃nogʷʰ- (“nail”) (compare Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔŋə]

Noun

ionga f (genitive singular iongan, nominative plural ingne)

1. (anatomy) nail; claw, talon
2. hoof
3. clove (of garlic, etc.)

Declension

Declension of ionga

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ionga ingne Vocative a ionga a ingne Genitive iongan ingne Dative ionga ingne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ionga na hingne Genitive na hiongan na n-ingne Dative leis an ionga don ionga leis na hingne

Derived terms

• scuab ingne f (“nailbrush”)
• siosúr ingne m (“nail-scissors”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “inga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish inga (compare Manx ingin), from Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā (compare Welsh ewin, Breton ivin), from *h₃ngʷʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-, *h₃nogʷʰ- (“nail”) (compare Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ)).

Noun

ionga f (genitive singular ingne, plural ìngnean or ionganan or ìnean)

1. (anatomy) nail; claw, talon
2. hoof
3. cloven hoof

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ionga”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ionga”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “inga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language