ionad

Irish

Alternative forms

• inead, ionadh, ionnad

Etymology

From Old Irish inad (“place, spot”). The word originally ended with a lenited d (/ð/ in Old Irish, spelled dh in the modern language), which was delenited to /d/ before seo (“this”), sin (“that”). This construction was so common that the form with the delenited d spread to all positions in the modern standard language, though ionadh is still encountered in dialects.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈun̪ˠəd̪ˠ/ ~ /ˈin̪ˠəd̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈinˠəd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨnˠəd̪ˠ/

Noun

ionad m (genitive singular ionaid, nominative plural ionaid)

1. place, position, site, spot

   Synonyms: áit, láthair

2. station, rank, post

   Synonym: stáisiún

3. centre (place where a function or activity occurs), venue

   Synonyms: lárionad, láthair

Declension

Declension of ionad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ionad ionaid vocative a ionaid a ionada genitive ionaid ionad dative ionad ionaid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ionad na hionaid genitive an ionaid na n-ionad dative leis an ionad don ionad leis na hionaid

• Alternative plurals: ionada, ionadacha

Derived terms

• aerionad
• as ionad
• bean ionaid
• cúlionad
• fear ionaid
• in ionad
• ionad fostaíochta
• ionad siopadóireachta
• ionadach
• ionadaí
• ionadaigh
• ionadán
• ionadluach
• ionadú
• ionadúil
• jabionad
• lárionad
• meánionad
• múinteoir ionaid
• ollionad
• postionad

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionad

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionad	n-ionad	hionad	t-ionad

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) “ionad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ionad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ionad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish inad (“place, spot”).

Noun

ionad m (genitive singular ionaid, plural ionadan)

1. place, spot
   1. room, abode, office
   2. position
2. centre (building)
3. (computing) site, website

   ionad eadar-lìon ― internet site

Derived terms

• ionad-beachd, ionad-seallaidh (“viewpoint”)
• ionad-bhùthan (“shopping centre”)
• ionad-cleasachd (“gymnasium”)
• ionad-còmhnaidh (“residence; habitation”)
• ionad-dìon nàdair (“nature reserve”)
• ionad-fiosrachaidh (“information centre”)
• ionad-gnìomhachais (“industrial estate”)
• ionad-obrach (“job centre”)
• ionad-siubhail (“travel agency”)
• ionad-slàinte (“health centre”)
• ionad-spòrsa (“sports centre”)
• ionad-thaighean (“housing estate”)
• ionadail (“local”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of ionad

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionad	n-ionad	h-ionad	t-ionad

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

References

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