íota

See also: iota, Iota, IOTA, ióta, and ìota

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ítu. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ìota.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiːt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiət̪ˠə/

Noun

íota f (genitive singular íota)

1. great, devouring thirst

   Synonym: tart

   íota tarta ― parching, burning thirst

   spalladh íota ― parching, burning thirst

2. ardent desire

Declension

Declension of íota (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative íota vocative a íota genitive íota dative íota forms with the definite article case singular nominative an íota genitive na híota dative leis an íota don íota

Derived terms

• íotach
• íotacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of íota

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íota	n-íota	híota	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “íota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ít(t)u”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “íota”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 409
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70