iníon

See also: inion

Irish

Alternative forms

• inghean (superseded)
• inghin, inín (Connacht)
• nighean, níon (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish ingen (“daughter”), from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): (Cork, Kerry) /ɪˈnʲiːn̪ˠ/; (Waterford) /nʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈinʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form inín); (Achill) /nʲiːnˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̠ʲiːn̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form níon); /n̠ʲiənˠ/, /n̠ʲiən̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form nighean)

Noun

iníon f (genitive singular iníne, nominative plural iníonacha or iníona)

1. daughter
2. (capitalized) Miss

Declension

Standard declension with strong plural:

Declension of iníon (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iníon iníonacha vocative a iníon a iníonacha genitive iníne iníonacha dative iníon inín (archaic, dialectal) iníonacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iníon na hiníonacha genitive na hiníne na n-iníonacha dative leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal) leis na hiníonacha

Alternative declension with weak plural:

Declension of iníon (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iníon iníona vocative a iníon a iníona genitive iníne iníon dative iníon inín (archaic, dialectal) iníona forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iníon na hiníona genitive na hiníne na n-iníon dative leis an iníon leis an inín (archaic, dialectal) don iníon don inín (archaic, dialectal) leis na hiníona

Coordinate terms

• mac (“son”)

Derived terms

• gariníon f (“granddaughter; adopted daughter, niece”)
• iníon in aontumha f (“unmarried daughter”)
• iníon rí f (“princess”)
• iníonacht f (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
• iníonas m (“daughterhood, girlhood, maidenhood”)
• iníonra f (“girls; group of girls”)
• iníonúil (“daughterly”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iníon

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iníon	n-iníon	hiníon	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iníon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN